The Future Tense

Name: The Future Tense
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2022-09-02
Rating: 6.5

Documentary1h 29m

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6.5

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Storyline

Staged as a series of voiceover sessions, written with gloriously off-balanced precision and dipped in the color green, THE FUTURE TENSE unfolds as a poignant tale of tales, exploring the filmmakers’ own experiences in aging, parenting, mental illness, along with the brutal history that lies submerged beneath Ireland’s heavy, moist earth.

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DirectorsChristine Molloy, Joe Lawlor

ReleasedSep 2, 2022

StatusReleased

Original languageEnglish

Budget

Not disclosed

Revenue

Not disclosed

Parental guideNot rated

Studio

MUBI

Reviews

6 reviews · 5 critics

5 fresh · 0 rotten

Peter Bradshaw

RTGuardianAug 21, 2023

The Future Tense is an absorbing part of the Lawlor-Molloy body of work; a densely significant filmic text in which passion and pain are kept in check, but always simmering close to the surface.

David Jenkins

RTLittle White LiesAug 16, 2023

A messy, meandering and often very moving joy.

Wendy Ide

RTScreen InternationalFeb 24, 2023

It’s a fascinating, intellectually agile work that manages to be both intensely personal while also relevant to anyone who has ever questioned whether they really know their home country.

Chris Wasser

RTSunday Independent (Ireland)Aug 24, 2023

With The Future Tense, Irish filmmakers Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor, aka Desperate Optimists, deliver a clever, complex documentary about the idea of home. Where is it, what does it mean, who are we without one?