World of Tomorrow

2015

17m

Sci-Fi

Animation

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100%

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10 Reviews

90%

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500+ Ratings

A young girl (Julia Pott) embarks on a tour of the future.

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Jordan Brooks

Vague Visages

I have seen World of Tomorrow more than any other film of (or in) 2015, and each time it triggers new emotions while coloring both previous experiences (and those yet to come). For this incredible reason, no other film can truthfully top my list.

Aug 1, 2023

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

A must-see short, as dour as it is hilarious, expertly mining pathos and awe from the preposterous and the imaginative alike.

Rated: 8/10

Dec 4, 2020

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Rachel Wagner

rachelsreviews.net

The animation is brilliant.

Rated: A

Apr 15, 2019

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Joel Mayward

Cinemayward

When a film can be prophetic, humorous, elegant, simple, quirky, and ambitious all at once, without ever devolving into incoherence, that's something worth viewing.

Rated: 5/5

Jan 9, 2019

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Tim Brayton

Alternate Ending

Has just about the densest screenplay of any film of any length made in the English language in the 21st Century.

Rated: 5/5

Jan 6, 2018

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Robin Clifford

Reeling Reviews

Nominee for Oscar Best Animation Short 2016

Rated: A-

Jan 28, 2016

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phil s

At the end of my torturous days in food service I would come home and just go catatonic on the TV. Until one day, I saw this movie. I was filled with a joy over Emilie. I would go back to the wellspring of joy every day thereafter. Each day this movie touched my poisoned soul and made me laugh like a little kid who didn't have a care in the world. I even jumped out of my seat at the end yelling, "OH NO!!!" when we find our lovely and pure Emilie thrown back 8 million years into an ice age Earth and casting about with her confused little eyes at the blowing environment. But this is a tremendous feel good although bleak movie. Its cynical narrative is positively delightful, appropriately operating in the realms of oxymoron, due to its nature as an uplifting and sweetly endearing film. I live on a fixed income, but if VUDU offered this movie I WOULD own it. You should too. It'll work beautifully soothing the societal tensions you become entangled with during your workdays. It's tough out there, especially as a person who cares about what people need in their life's; love. But I promise you, it is easy to love this movie! Try it, you'll see; a visit from Emilie each day, keeps the doldrums away.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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chris w

8 8 8 7 8 7 9 8 8 9 = 80 (2/19, 2019)

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Audience Member

Densely packed with insightful visuals, dark humor, and Don Hertzfeldt's signature themes about humanity, mortality, and mankind's relationship with the universe, World of Tomorrow is an astonishing short that deserves to be a feature-length film

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/06/23

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nefasto r

Another poetic, sad, funny, brilliant, minimal work from Don Hertzfeldt. He never miss a shot.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

Short, cute, and very intelligent. A brilliant short sci-fi animation that well deserved its Oscar nomination.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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troy k

Interesting, but that's about it.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Don Hertzfeldt

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Julia Pott

Emily

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Emily Prime

Sara Cushman

Simon

Don Hertzfeldt

Screenwriter

Don Hertzfeldt

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Synopsis

A young girl (Julia Pott) embarks on a tour of the future.

Director: Don Hertzfeldt
Screenwriter: Don Hertzfeldt
Production Co: Bitter Films
Genre: Sci-Fi, Animation
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 5, 2016
Runtime: 17m