CommentsXp Best movie ever!

Siflutter It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

Kaydan Christian A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

Scarlet The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

dissident320 There's a style to Miranda July's film. Love or hate her she has an undeniable presence and a unique style to her writing. There's not a lot to this movie but it's interesting enough. A couple wondering if they're bored of each other, their lives or perhaps both. I think I would have enjoyed a more balanced storyline for both characters. Hamish Linklater gets a bit lost in the mix somewhere in the middle and then is brought back to a but more importance later on.There's some abstract elements to it and things open to interpretation which I had mixed feelings about. It presents the bulk of the film as fairly straightforward so it feels like a bit of cheat to really shift it into being more fantastical.Overall, the performances make it worth seeing but the story never really comes together.

Henny Morgan I watched this last night with no expectations, only the brief synopsis given. My history with 'quirky' indie dramas has been pretty hit (Napolean Dynamite) and miss (Eagle Vs. Shark), but i can happily count this oddly charming and original work among the hits.WRITING: Written by (, directed by and starring) Miranda July, the script plays interestingly with the themes of the passing of time, preserving what time we have, and creating your own, while crossing seamlessly between drama, psycho-study, romance and no-frills sci-fi. This is pulled off very well, as you see the characters, spaces and events around the protagonists reflecting the way the feel, the way they want to feel, and the way they appear, all the while mixing up the continuity of the time they see passing before them. There is genuine emotion in the writing, most significantly is the heart-wrenching plot point involving the waiting a cat must do before adoption, possibly the most engaging part of the film. However, the main character (Sophie) is quite unlikable, and so we sometimes lose focus of why she is doing what she is, and occasionally the script falls into traditional indie clichés like vague existentialist conversation and quirky character habits, but these matter little in an overall very well written piece.CAST: There were no performances that were noticeably bad, but only one that stood out to me above the rest. All the supporting performances were good, including a very endearing Joe Putterlik (I believe this was his only acting performance, but he does a great job). Miranda July is watchable, but as her character is so unlikable, it is difficult to really feel for her, although her turn as the voice of the cat is very good, and this is where her performance really kicks up a notch. The far and away best performance however is from Hamish Linklater, who evokes genuine sympathy for the care-free yet somehow stressed layabout he portrays.DIRECTING: Not a whole lot was really stand-out, but not badly directed. This is where the majority of the indie feeling comes from, and at times it feels overwhelmingly indie-ish, with drained colours and strange imagery, which is once again pretty hit & miss, as i felt occasionally uncomfortable, but quite often amused. But once again, the best part was the story of the cat, which is shot in long takes of its paws, and what it sees through the bars of its cage.OVERALL: These parts add up to an unconventional, relaxing, but engaging drama that takes a little while to warm up to, but contains very impressive writing, a great performance from Linklater, but most importantly the highly emotional internal monologue of a cat.

andre_cs Directed, scripted and starring by Miranda July, The Future is a film that has been selected for the Berlin Film Festival in 2011 and the 2011 Sundance Film Festival.The story revolves around a couple that proposes a change in your life. They hate their jobs and the idea of adopting a cat makes it arise a new way of life. However what is proposed as a change eventually becomes routine. The fear of failure and responsibility makes the personality of both becomes complicated and often result surreal. The time is always the reason for the changes. The fear of an uncertain future and nonconformity with the present makes it parodies on numerous occasions the fact of stop the time. Specifically, the period in which Sophie and Jason are prepared to adopt a cat is the time when the personality of both becomes strange. There are surreal elements and nonsense conversations that show complex emotional states. The failure in work and routine makes Sophie feel prisoner to her feelings. The figure of Sophie has no splendor. It is a figure off and apparently weak. Her look is sad and never denotes happiness. In the same way the character of Jason is strange. He is the partner of Sophie and lives with her in a small flat and messy. His way of understanding things is similar to Sophie. Both fear the passage of time and want to be free. Marshall's character represents the freedom for Sophie. The way in which both are known is strange and simultaneously comic. Sophie looks out the window screaming and tries to listen to Marshall. The scene reflects a comparison: Sophie appears as imprisoned in her own home and as the only escape she has the window that looks out for help. The fact that the cat, paw paw, has a voice allowed to know their feelings and desires. The image is of an animal that is locked behind bars waiting for a change in his life, hoping in this case to be adopted. The comparison is similar to Sophie. Both are locked and desire freedom. The passing of time is also reflected in this character and appear feelings like frustration or even desperation to be adopted.It's a surreal and complex film. The argument at first is easy but when the acts are performed we can see each character's feelings. We can see a lot of nonsense and abstract scenes. Adopting a pet is just an excuse for the change. I would like to highlight the rhetorical conversations about the passing of time, old age or the future. Personally I find this film hard to understand. There are many situations that make no sense as the act of talking to the moon, giving life to a shirt or the fact stop time. I think film is not made to be enjoyed, but it raises very philosophical thoughts on life. The emotional charge of the characters leads to surreal situations and even extravagant. These situations, in my opinion, have more weight than the argument itself.

okobii Sophie and Jason are an average cute couple whose lives change dramatically when they decide to adopt a cat. They don't get to adopt the cat, but the simple thought of having to compromise themselves to something that's more or less permanent, is enough to turn their world around. Until the day that they go to the veterinarian, they didn't even seem to consider the future, they lived day to day but adopting Paw Paw makes them realize that they have so many plans in their minds that won't become a reality if they keep living that way and that is when they commence to think about the future, when things go wrong and they start to freak out. The funny thing is that their lives were perfectly fine until they begin to get scared regarding their future. They try to give some kind of direction to their lives and start independent projects to supposedly fulfill their dreams but their so-called dreams are soon killed by their own limitations. This is even sadder when you realize their dreams were quite mediocre (who's lifelong dream is to post videos of be what may on youtube?) they weren't anything if not dull. This is probably what made Sophie throw away what was a perfectly sweet, tender, common relationship. She suddenly got scared and insecure of her own failures. She was incapable of accepting the fact that she failed to fulfill her dream without anything being in the way of its achievement except for herself and she did get in her own way so she decided to carry out a double life in which she's herself and another one in which she's a middle aged girlfriend of a middle class man who lives in an average house and has nothing to worry about but being ordinary and not being herself.I won't lie. This is one heck of a strange film maybe too metaphysical for my complete comprehension. The fact that the cat plays the part of a narrator might be a bit too much but it is true that the false comedy makes up for all the strangeness. It's engagingly funny and the two main characters are absolutely delightful. She's adorable in her own bizarre manner while he's nothing if not noble, genuine and kind. They both make such a graceful couple. If I really dig into the film I could maybe squeeze out the conclusion that Jason runs from the parenthood that Paw Paw represented while Sophie got scared at first but later decided to follow her instinct and form a family with Marshall and his daughter. However it seems that the storyline crosses over to the superficial side. There doesn't seem to be a purpose for the cat-puppet to have such a strange voice, the music being intentionally alternative, the couple to be so extremely naive, the talking moon, the lifelong dream of a person being to post videos on youtube, a girl digging a hole to sleep in in her own back yard, and why on earth is Jason able to stop time? And why would Marshall want to meet a woman whose phone conversation clearly depicts her as insane? Anyway it seems all too bohemian this film gives the impression that it's purposely made out to be different from the rest.