No Future

Absolutely phenomenal performances from everyone, especially from Charlie and Catherine. Give those two Oscars already lol! Overall a very depressing movie, but in a good way that really makes you think differently afterwards, and to me that's one of the best things a movie can do. Some critics complained that the movie is diminished by its "overly simplistic script", but I got the impression that the dialogue was kept simple on purpose in order to let the actors tell the story instead, by letting their body movements, facial expressions, and vocal tones take focus over the words.

A life with drug addiction. The usual AAA style confessional group settings. Nothing much happens in this addicts daily life; the usual relationship issues. You decide the ending.

Will (Charlie Heaton) is a drug addict struggling to stay clean. His friend Chris has more difficulties and dies from it. Despite struggling to stay with girlfriend Becca (Rosa Salazar), he begins a complicated affair with Chris' mother Claire (Catherine Keener).

This is an indie of troubled characters. There is a sense of the struggle to stay clean. Heaton is an effective lead and Keener steals a couple of scenes. She has one particularly powerful scene with two younger people in the plant nursery. This movie does leave one grounded down with its tone. It's not for everyone but it is effectively depressing.

The intentions and ambitions of this movie are both fine and relevant, but it didn't quite have the script and the cast to achieve them. Charlie Heaton playing the main character Will was the only one appearing as a professional actor, while the remaining cast clearly struggled to look like real actors. Catherine Keener as Claire by far has the weakest performance, mumbling all her lines with the same dull look in each and every scene, no matter what is going on. The chemistry between her and Heaton is zero. Why is the young Will suddenly attracted to this old worn-out mamma - even drunk - with absolutely no lead-up or any clues as to what drives him physically or emotionally. Having a nice and caring girlfriend making much more sense as his partner in every which way. This major plot hole is never explained. Trying as it may, the movie never succeeds in triggering any particular emotions. It is supposed to be depressing; it just doesn't have the believable script and cast to carry it through. The Metascore of 65 is grossly misleading; it is rather a 48-movie. Probably it is due to the theme of addiction that it got that score; not because of the artistic qualities that it doesn't have.

I saw this at the Tribeca film festival, and thought it was very good. Heart-wrenching with solid acting. Well done!