5 Reviews
Rhys Darby’s charm, some decent jokes, and a handful of interesting theories save Relax, I’m from the Future from being a total slog, but its unfocused script and unexplored ideas hold it back from greatness.
...an enticingly terrifying film with superb performances, a wonderful script and all the right directorial choices and sets the bar high for COVID horror.
...it does have a lot of passion and heart behind it, and never lets its underdog origins get in the way of telling one very silly, incomprehensibly sweet story.
Troyal and Jones’ vulnerability and emotional tug-of-war is what makes the story great, regardless of if its narrative actually ever happened.
It never drags or feels more claustrophobic than intended. Thanks to strong performances and mostly tight writing, it’s a tense little chamber film, with deities and grand ideas...