2073

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2073

Released Dec 27, 2024

1h 23m

Drama

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Mystery & Thriller

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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

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Tim Cogshell

FilmWeek (LAist)

I don't buy any of it. If you want to make a documentary, make a documentary.

Feb 11, 2025

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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

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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

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Glenn Dunks

Glenn Dunks

Doomscrolling: The Movie.

Apr 14, 2025

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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

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Robert W

Solid take on the world at the present. The road we are taking as a whole and where it most likely will take us.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/14/25

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Jake T

The fear of the outcome — not believing this form of global outcome is realistic leaves critics here to deny the possibility without drastic changes of systems. Great movie showcasing the final chapter of these exploitative systems our world lives in.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/13/25

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Greg R

I tried twice. It was legit in its storytelling. But I was bored ultimately and turned it off.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

07/10/25

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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