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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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2073 is visually striking and occasionally haunting, but its preachy tone, derivative dystopian tropes, and air of exhausted fatalism leave it more dispiriting than entertaining.

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Rebecca Harrison Sight & Sound Feb 22
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. Go to Full Review
Tim Cogshell FilmWeek (LAist) Feb 11
I don't buy any of it. If you want to make a documentary, make a documentary. Go to Full Review
Danny Leigh Financial Times Jan 15
3/5
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. Go to Full Review
Stephen A. Russell Orion's Shoulder (Substack) Dec 31
Amy filmmaker Asif Kapadia's clear-eyed wrangling with fake news blurs the documentary form to posit where our surveillance state and bad actors will lead us in the future, with Blade Runner-like fictional sequences led by Samantha Morton. Go to Full Review
Matt Brunson Film Frenzy Apr 17
2/4
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. Go to Full Review
Glenn Dunks Glenn Dunks Apr 14
Doomscrolling: The Movie. Go to Full Review
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Arthur R Dec 16 Do they have a 'documentary' category at the Razzies? Not sure this qualifies as a documentary though. Also, it's probably not advisable to use proven liars to make your argument. Ignoring all that, as a piece of cinema its bland and uninteresting See more Cheryl E Nov 8 My husband and I wish everybody in the US would watch this movie. It is a documentary and shows how we got here and where we are headed. See more Tina K Oct 23 This film is for anyone who is genuinely concerned about our fellow human beings all around the world, including those that live in abject poverty, who live in systems where obscene levels of socio-economic differences exist, etc. It's for those who are concerned about technology and privacy overreach, government overreach, human rights abuses, environmental abuses, etc. It's for those who want to get a glimpse of what could happen in a world where power, apathy and ignorance reigns unchecked. It's a good visual reminder of how dystopia in real life does exist (as in they are literally living in it) for millions perhaps billions of people in the world today. It's an important film esp in how it identifies some of people who are recklessly shaping our world into a place that they are using for their gain with little regard to how it impacts humans and the environment. See more D L @DaturaDreamer Oct 3 Hard to watch but super thought provoking. Doesn’t offer any solutions though and it can leave one feeling more depressed after watching it. There ARE good things happening, should balance the bad shown in this movie/doc with the good. We don’t need more negativity without solutions See more Pamela J Sep 11 Triple OMG!!! I've never seen anything quite like this. I implore you to watch it. I am scared to death about what's happening in our country but after watching this I realize trump and regime are just the tip of the iceberg of what's happening globally. No more time for complacency or "positive" approaches, we are full on at war with an insidious and duplicitous "monster" that is gaining strength while we fret over unimportant distractions intentionally thrown at us. This is not an exaggeration. The time for serious action is upon us now and if we don't act we will be swallowed up and spit out. Fear mongering is not my intent with this post, sounding the alarm and informing people is. Arm yourself with truth and knowledge and fight the good fight or what this documentary is pointing towards could very well become reality... WATCH THIS DOCUMENTARY/FILM ASAP! My sincerest gratitude to the producers. See more nik l Aug 25 A wakeup call Orwellian style of the degradation of democracy. watch now or forever keep your 'I can't believe this is going on' to yourself!! See more 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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