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Play trailer 1:55 Poster for 2073 Released Dec 27, 2024 1h 23m Drama Documentary Mystery & Thriller Play Trailer Watchlist
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It's the year 2073, and the worst fears of modern life have been realized. Surveillance drones fill the burnt orange skies and militarized police roam the wrecked streets, while survivors hide away underground, struggling to remember a free and hopeful existence. In this ingenious mixture of visionary science fiction and speculative nonfiction, Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Asif Kapadia (Amy) transports us to a future foreshadowed by the terrifying realities of our present moment. Two-time Academy Award® nominee Samantha Morton (In America, Sweet and Lowdown, Minority Report) plays a survivor besieged by nightmare visions of the past--a past that happens to be our present, visualized through contemporary footage interconnecting today's global crises of authoritarianism, unchecked big tech, inequality, and global climate change. 2073 is an urgent, unshakable vision of a dystopic future that could very well be our own.
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Rebecca Harrison Sight & Sound While there’s much to admire in its form, 2073 leaves the viewer with the overwhelming sense that we’ve already run out of road. Feb 22, 2025 Full Review Tim Cogshell FilmWeek (LAist) I don't buy any of it. If you want to make a documentary, make a documentary. Feb 11, 2025 Full Review Danny Leigh Financial Times Through [Morton], Kapadia audits the morbid symptoms he argues are taking us there: climate breakdown fueled by what journalist Anne Applebaum calls a global "democracy recession" and the influence of tech leaders set on leaving the planet altogether. Rated: 3/5 Jan 15, 2025 Full Review Matt Brunson Film Frenzy The trouble with 2073 is that not only does it employ an unwieldy gimmick as its foundation but it places it in the service of a “preaching to the choir” piece. Rated: 2/4 Apr 17, 2025 Full Review Glenn Dunks Glenn Dunks Doomscrolling: The Movie. Apr 14, 2025 Full Review John Serba Decider 2073 doesn’t rise above the level of “interesting” in its narrative and visual approach – and its bleakness is likely to drag you into despair. Apr 10, 2025 Full Review Read all reviews

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Rolando R It is a SLOW Movie BUT...It carries a POWERFUL Message. Sort of like watching a Documentary about now from a future look back. NOT a THRILLER But Graphic Rated 4 out of 5 stars 07/06/25 Full Review Jeffrey P 2073 takes two tried and true film narratives, dreadful dystopian future and hot global news stories of the last thirty years, and tries to cram it all into 90 minutes. The concept is okay and the message is heard but it doesn’t really go anywhere or say anything new. We all know billionaires are using technology to conquer the world with global leaders and their militaries as the muscle; and we are all starting to realize now that paradise is done being paved and turned into parking lots... and now it’s time to tear up the parking lots. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 06/19/25 Full Review Kyle M Pair this after Ava DuVernay’s “Origin” with Jeff Orlowski’s “The Social Dilemma”, plus probably other materials that cautiously dissect critical societal aspects, then you’ll have a strong, haunting image. This documentary is blunt with a provocative, powerful truth that’ll disturb too close for comfort, juxtaposed with rightful speculation that arguably shouldn’t be deemed as sci-fi when it’s forthcoming results, narratively concluding with the question put onto our actions. A conceptualized circumstantial message with striking visuals exceeding the compels, ditching the genre’s hopeful alternative to instead make us realize with dread and be more aware. Even with a conflictingly crafted focus, the overarching message/warning is firm and shouldn’t be ignored if we care about the planet we live on. Naysayers are dangerously proving the film right and supporting the extinctual downfall carelessly, stemming from their political beliefs reflected off of their unjustified prejudices and easily scammed closed minds. As long as the times we’re in aren’t improving towards a bright future in long term, this documentary will remain relevantly important as a pivotal point in the conversation. (B+) Rated 4 out of 5 stars 06/12/25 Full Review Peter W Lacking anything resembling a compelling plot, narrative arc, or coherent themes, the movie was comprised of a bunch of stock footage and generic interviews about rising authoritarianism, climate change, and tech-bro oligarchy. There was no attempt to weave these together and it just rambled along for ~1.5 hrs. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 05/27/25 Full Review Philip B If MSNBC, ABC,and CNN would make a movie, this is it. Very trashy. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 05/20/25 Full Review Robert K While a bleak look into our future, it also reminds us that we have the power to change the future before it happens. While the movie is very well shot and the recent footage of dictators, billionaires, and the social elite forming the world into what it will eventually become in the vision of 2073's director it also maintains the point that we still have control over our lives currently before we reach that point of no return. Overall I thought it was s brilliant movie and an elegant warning of what could happen if people stop paying attention to the world around them and not just themselves. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 05/18/25 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis It's the year 2073, and the worst fears of modern life have been realized. Surveillance drones fill the burnt orange skies and militarized police roam the wrecked streets, while survivors hide away underground, struggling to remember a free and hopeful existence. In this ingenious mixture of visionary science fiction and speculative nonfiction, Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Asif Kapadia (Amy) transports us to a future foreshadowed by the terrifying realities of our present moment. Two-time Academy Award® nominee Samantha Morton (In America, Sweet and Lowdown, Minority Report) plays a survivor besieged by nightmare visions of the past--a past that happens to be our present, visualized through contemporary footage interconnecting today's global crises of authoritarianism, unchecked big tech, inequality, and global climate change. 2073 is an urgent, unshakable vision of a dystopic future that could very well be our own.
Director
Asif Kapadia
Producer
Asif Kapadia, George Chignell
Screenwriter
Asif Kapadia, Tony Grisoni, Tony Grisoni
Distributor
NEON
Production Co
Sheep Thief Films, Film4, Lafcadia Productions, Neon, Double Agent
Genre
Drama, Documentary, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Dec 27, 2024, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 7, 2025
Runtime
1h 23m
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