73
Metascore
8 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90The New York TimesA.O. ScottThe New York TimesA.O. ScottAnyone with a heart will be stirred by the generous, critical, humanist spirit shared by the kids in front of the camera and the grown-ups on the other side.
- 80The Irish TimesTara BradyThe Irish TimesTara BradyThe inclusion of older footage from the Armando Diaz school, where Genoa police kettled protests during the 2001 G8 summit, reminds us that previous generations have equally hoped for change.
- 75Slant MagazineDiego SemereneSlant MagazineDiego SemerenePietro Marcello, Francesco Munzi, and Alice Rohrwacher’s documentary rather faithfully captures the spirit of our times.
- 70Little White LiesTrevor JohnstonLittle White LiesTrevor JohnstonToo often here it’s the mouthy ones who get to hold court, which is to be expected, yet the Genoa sequence shows the dramatic dividends from a more focused approach.
- 67The A.V. ClubLawrence GarciaThe A.V. ClubLawrence GarciaSelf-reflexiveness is no guarantee of value in a documentary, and Futura works perfectly well as cinematic reportage. Still, the film does at times feel slack and arbitrary—a bit like a census that no one could argue is unimportant but which nonetheless has the feel of a box-ticking exercise.
- 60The GuardianCath ClarkeThe GuardianCath ClarkeIn the end, it’s a film with a melancholic feel, which probably has a lot to do with its timing.
- 50The Film StageMichael FrankThe Film StageMichael FrankFutura lives in the past and the present, not the future––attempting to say much more about what has made these people this way, not what they will do about it. For all of the talk about the future, this documentary has nothing insightful to say about it.