2073 documentary

"Doomscrolling between reportage and speculation in an effort to both alarm us with fact and awe us with fiction, the film ends up doing neither" 

"Those who might be able to put aside despair and absorb this strictly as a work of persuasive rhetoric will be impressed with its intellectual scope" 

"The preachy tone betrays the film, giving it a seedy, conspiratorial feel when there is nothing conspiratorial about it all ––just plain, simple, broad, and necessary economic and political facts" 

"Kapadia manages to knit together the documentary footage and the fictional story into a cohesive whole (...) The director could not have chosen better than casting Samantha Morton" 

"It’s a tricky balance, and one that the film doesn’t always quite pull off, between sounding a warning and screaming with existential terror; between galvanising the audience into action and plunging them into despair (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)" 

"'2073' might sacrifice some eloquence to make its creative points, but the sincerity shines poignantly and powerfully. Let it be a galvanizing call to action." 

"[It] shakes us into submission via a series of cursory rundowns of crumbling democracies, the weaponization of social media, rising xenophobia, and more (...) Rating: ★ (out of 4)"