"During one of the early moments of Miranda July’s latest (and belated), a little girl in an animal adoption home reveals that ‘my mommy left me, she’s a free spirit’. The following sentence would naturally permit a correlation between the aforementioned child and a similarly estranged audience. But the truth is that the film – even for a film with such an avid knit-cap hipster core demo – isn’t remotely bad or irritating enough to level such a delightfully cruel invective upon."
Samantha Garrison from Film Takeout writes:
"Miranda July, a unique and visionary artist who has turned out two incredible films, deals in similar themes as Linklater, exploring big ideas by way of the mundane. Only, she does not get caught up in empty words, but instead creates real characters whose big ideas frequently conflict with their day-to-day lives. The Future and her previous feature Me and You and Everyone We Know are stories about messy characters, told with immense compassion. It is that compassion, and the constantly kinetic energy July brings to every facet of production of The Future, that made me so excited. So without further ado, I give you a proper heady romance."
The Electronic Farmyard writes:
'This week’s releases boast a heady mix of horror, American independents, a sentimental father and son story and a Spartan preacher with a machine gun. Here’s this week’s Knotted Fur…'
