No Future

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No Future

2020

1h 29m

Drama

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When an estranged friend shows up on his porch one night, Will (Charlie Heaton) doesn't know what to say. As a recovering addict trying to get his life back on track between meetings, he shows clear signs of continued abuse. Will's uncomfortable old wounds are quickly made worse when news arrives the next morning of a fatal overdose. Overcome by grief, Will returns home to find a community still holding on to memories of the damage left in his wake, and his friend's grieving mother Claire (Catherine Keener) struggles to come to terms with her son's death. Reconnecting with Claire after years apart, the two's relationship soon transforms into an affair that comes to both comfort and distort their complicated feelings of guilt and grief. Sensitively depicting the collective trauma plaguing countless communities throughout the country, directors Mark Smoot and Andrew Irvine craft an empathetic and emotionally precise drama, grounded in Keener and Heaton's remarkably sensitive performances.

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Peter Sobczynski

RogerEbert.com

A fairly smart and realistic depiction of two people consumed by grief, guilt, and loss and the misguided ways by which they attempt to come to terms with those feelings.

Rated: 3/4

Oct 22, 2021

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Calum Marsh

New York Times

In flattening everything into a single shade of funereal gray, "No Future" has none of the ineffable, multifaceted complexity of life.

Oct 21, 2021

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Tim Grierson

Screen International

No Future reaches a finale that earns its bittersweet aftertaste - gracefully underlining just how difficult the path to recovery will be...

Jun 28, 2021

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Alessandra Rangel

InSession Film

No Future is a deeply gloomy and unempathetic story of loss and sadness. While it has an intriguing cast, it inspires an uncomfortable feeling of defeat.

Rated: C

Mar 8, 2023

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Carson Timar

ButteredPopcorn

The more one sits with No Future, the more impressive it feels. While not entirely new or groundbreaking, the emotions at the center of the feature feel powerful and commanding.

Rated: A

Feb 15, 2022

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Robert W. Butler

Butler's Cinema Scene

The performances -- especially from Keener in full anti-glamour mode -- are the stuff of heartbreak. And yet No Future is so unrelentingly glum that it's a struggle to sit through.

Rated: B-

Nov 4, 2021

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Bleak and haunting. Not your typical chill-and-relax popcorn movie, but the ones that are gut-wrenching and honest. Although the plot may seem unrealistic at times, the actors' performances are excellent, bringing more depth to this project. Keener and Heaton have great on-screen chemistry and the shift of their characters' dynamic is exquisite. No Future doesn't try to preach; it makes you feel.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/16/23

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Audience Member

Acting is good but the story was just so dreary and didn’t get me invested enough to the characters early on to make it worth the drear 2.2

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/13/23

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Ad e

Bad movie but Charlie Heaton is an absolute amazing actor. Really hope he gets better roles in the future.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/27/22

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nefasto r

A bleak drama about addiction and grief. Simple, but felt and wonderfully acted.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Synopsis

When an estranged friend shows up on his porch one night, Will (Charlie Heaton) doesn't know what to say. As a recovering addict trying to get his life back on track between meetings, he shows clear signs of continued abuse. Will's uncomfortable old wounds are quickly made worse when news arrives the next morning of a fatal overdose. Overcome by grief, Will returns home to find a community still holding on to memories of the damage left in his wake, and his friend's grieving mother Claire (Catherine Keener) struggles to come to terms with her son's death. Reconnecting with Claire after years apart, the two's relationship soon transforms into an affair that comes to both comfort and distort their complicated feelings of guilt and grief. Sensitively depicting the collective trauma plaguing countless communities throughout the country, directors Mark Smoot and Andrew Irvine craft an empathetic and emotionally precise drama, grounded in Keener and Heaton's remarkably sensitive performances.

Director: Andrew Irvine, Mark Smoot, Andrew Irvine
Producer: Jonathan Duffy, Lisa Normand, Jeff Walker, Kelly Williams
Screenwriter: Andrew Irvine, Mark Smoot, Andrew Irvine
Production Co: Ten Acre Films, Terraform Films (II)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 22, 2021
Runtime: 1h 29m

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