Relax, I'm from the Future

Released Sep 22, 2023

1 hr. 32 min.

Comedy

Sci-Fi

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Relax, I'm From the Future is the feature debut of writer/director Luke Higginson, and is based on his TIFF-featured 2013 short film of the same name. Self-described as a "dirtbag time travel comedy", Relax stars the comedic absurdist genius, Rhys Darby. Darby leads as the stuck-in-the-past protagonist but in this case, his "past" is present-day Toronto.

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Marcel H

This movie had me cracking up. I loved it. It was hilarious! Especially just a bit later in the film.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

04/28/24

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Shannon L

Weird one I found on Hoopla! Feels like someone's passion project. Fun little take on time-travel (what *would* it be like for the average joe instead of an action hero... and what if they had *reasons*) with characters you both love and want to repeatedly shake.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/27/24

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kate b

I'm different, I would let Rhys Darby bury as many microwaves on my property as he wanted, for free! But in all seriousness, I'm so glad we badgered TPTB into getting a showing in the Boston area. We had great fun at a genuinely funny flick, that managed to both give me what I wanted as a Darby Diehard and surprise me. Huge love for Gabrielle Graham playing the straight man who is neither, but very much the heart of the story :) Every character was so handcrafted and delightful.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/24/24

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Felix T

Started strong, but once the joke was told, there was still 45 minutes of runtime left. Some of the sardonic messages are worth the watch.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/19/24

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Matt G

Wasn't funny, at all. How is this considered comedy? This is one of the rare times where the audience score and mine are way, way, way off. Something smells fishy here.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

12/30/23

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Eri V

I like how this movie outlines some of the most narcissist traits of this modern society to turn them into dust, in a blowing hello! But of course, hearing and seeing that our lives and convictions are nothing but jokes compared to the march of Time can feel a bit unfunny for some specific audience.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

12/27/23

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Luke Higginson

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Rhys Darby

Casper

Gabrielle Graham

Holly

Janine Theriault

Doris

Julian Richings

Percy

Zachary Bennett

Chuck

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Nick Allen

RogerEbert.com

A sci-fi comedy with a modest sense of humor but tangled message to share with humankind.

Rated: 2.5/4

Sep 22, 2023

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Alistair Lawrence

Common Sense Media

Almost a slacker movie at heart, Relax, I'm from the Future does make an effort to utilize Casper's future-world wisdom to point out more than just the results of major sporting events.

Apr 23, 2024

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

Relax, I’m From the Future fares best in its appealing, oddball opening stretch...

Rated: 2.5/4

Oct 14, 2023

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Richard Crouse

Richard Crouse

A quickly paced slice of silly speculative fiction buoyed by the energetically off-kilter comedy stylings of Rhys Darby. He’s an edgy Mork from Ork, an otherworldly being, charmingly childlike but not above doing the drugs Holly offers him.

Rated: 3/5

Oct 5, 2023

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John Kirk

Original Cin

Not so much a sci-fi story as an absurdist’s approach to the whole paradoxical nature of the concept of time travel. It’s a film that gives us permission to say, ‘To hell with it all’ and just accept the story instead of dwelling on it.

Rated: B+

Oct 4, 2023

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Anthony Greene

Spectrum Culture

By the time the film drags to its conclusion, the frenetic anything-goes energy of its first act is long forgotten and the only way to get that good feeling back is to travel back to the beginning.

Sep 29, 2023

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Synopsis

Relax, I'm From the Future is the feature debut of writer/director Luke Higginson, and is based on his TIFF-featured 2013 short film of the same name. Self-described as a "dirtbag time travel comedy", Relax stars the comedic absurdist genius, Rhys Darby. Darby leads as the stuck-in-the-past protagonist but in this case, his "past" is present-day Toronto.

Director: Luke Higginson
Executive Producer: April Mullen
Screenwriter: Luke Higginson
Distributor: Blue Fox Entertainment
Production Co: WANGO Films
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 22, 2023, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 28, 2023

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