Rotten Tomatoes
Movies Tv shows RT App News Showtimes

2073

Play trailer 1:55 Poster for 2073 2024 1h 23m Drama Documentary Mystery & Thriller Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist Tomatometer Popcornmeter
49% Tomatometer 45 Reviews 40% Popcornmeter 250+ Ratings
It's the year 2073, and the worst fears of modern life have been realized. Surveillance drones fill the burnt orange skies and militarized police roam the wrecked streets, while survivors hide away underground, struggling to remember a free and hopeful existence. In this ingenious mixture of visionary science fiction and speculative nonfiction, Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Asif Kapadia (Amy) transports us to a future foreshadowed by the terrifying realities of our present moment. Two-time Academy Award® nominee Samantha Morton (In America, Sweet and Lowdown, Minority Report) plays a survivor besieged by nightmare visions of the past--a past that happens to be our present, visualized through contemporary footage interconnecting today's global crises of authoritarianism, unchecked big tech, inequality, and global climate change. 2073 is an urgent, unshakable vision of a dystopic future that could very well be our own.

Where to Watch

2073

2073

What to Know

Critics Consensus

2073 is visually striking and occasionally haunting, but its preachy tone, derivative dystopian tropes, and air of exhausted fatalism leave it more dispiriting than entertaining.

Read Critics Reviews

Critics Reviews

View More
Rebecca Harrison Sight & Sound 02/22/2025
While there’s much to admire in its form, 2073 leaves the viewer with the overwhelming sense that we’ve already run out of road. Go to Full Review
Tim Cogshell FilmWeek (LAist) 02/11/2025
I don't buy any of it. If you want to make a documentary, make a documentary. Go to Full Review
Danny Leigh Financial Times 01/15/2025
3/5
Through [Morton], Kapadia audits the morbid symptoms he argues are taking us there: climate breakdown fueled by what journalist Anne Applebaum calls a global "democracy recession" and the influence of tech leaders set on leaving the planet altogether. Go to Full Review
Stephen A. Russell Orion's Shoulder (Substack) Dec 31
Amy filmmaker Asif Kapadia's clear-eyed wrangling with fake news blurs the documentary form to posit where our surveillance state and bad actors will lead us in the future, with Blade Runner-like fictional sequences led by Samantha Morton. Go to Full Review
Matt Brunson Film Frenzy Apr 17
2/4
The trouble with 2073 is that not only does it employ an unwieldy gimmick as its foundation but it places it in the service of a “preaching to the choir” piece. Go to Full Review
Glenn Dunks reDocumented Apr 14
Doomscrolling: The Movie. Go to Full Review
Read all reviews

Audience Reviews

View More
Zara-may L @RT74936222 2d I went into this expecting a typical movie, only to realize it was actually a documentary—which at first felt a bit misleading. But the more I watched, the more I understood that this was intentional. thats how I took it upon reflection The film itself reflects that idea of saying one thing and doing another, and that contrast is really the point. It’s definitely political, but it didn’t feel unnecessary—it felt like a wake-up call. The kind that makes you uncomfortable because it doesn’t feel too far from reality. There’s an underlying message about staying quiet, keeping your head down, and how that can become a form of compliance, which was pretty unsettling to sit with. it shows that if you do revolt push back there are consequences which adds another layer to the feeling off were all ready kinda in it. Overall, it’s not an easy watch, but it’s a moving one. It sticks with you and makes you think, which I believe is exactly what it was meant to do. See more Kat M @OhCanadaKat 3d Unwatchable polemic. See more Drew-Jordan M @RT81783597 3d Another good concept ruined by insufferable preaching of politics by the writers and producers. Not even interesting politics, just NPC stuff. Literally devolves into a documentary mid show. See more Daniel B @RT44625269 Apr 1 This film is the definition of trash. The producers and anyone behind the creation of this movie is part of the problem. The title and content of this film is deceiving and misleading just like the people they support. Garbage. See more LéRue T @RT27877405 Mar 24 This is art in the same way watching a dog vomit and then eat it up is. Helen Keller could have made a more enjoyable movie than this and it likely would have made better sense. A root canal done through my ass would have been less painful than watching this crap. The best part about all this is that I can't stand the Republicans or the Democrats but after this insufferable waste of time I think I'll vote Republican next time just to spite this abortion. See more Jordan T @JordyBuckets Mar 11 Both sides are bad. It's draining and that's the point of this "film". No character development, just reiterated national news footage. See more Read all reviews
2073

My Rating

Read More Read Less WRITE A REVIEW EDIT REVIEW POST RATING
The Rescue 96% 99% The Rescue Watchlist TRAILER for The Rescue Property 100% % Property Watchlist Conclave 93% 86% Conclave Watchlist TRAILER for Conclave Brother's Keeper 100% 86% Brother's Keeper Watchlist TRAILER for Brother's Keeper Okie 91% % Okie Watchlist TRAILER for Okie Discover more movies and TV shows. View More

Movie Info

Synopsis It's the year 2073, and the worst fears of modern life have been realized. Surveillance drones fill the burnt orange skies and militarized police roam the wrecked streets, while survivors hide away underground, struggling to remember a free and hopeful existence. In this ingenious mixture of visionary science fiction and speculative nonfiction, Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Asif Kapadia (Amy) transports us to a future foreshadowed by the terrifying realities of our present moment. Two-time Academy Award® nominee Samantha Morton (In America, Sweet and Lowdown, Minority Report) plays a survivor besieged by nightmare visions of the past--a past that happens to be our present, visualized through contemporary footage interconnecting today's global crises of authoritarianism, unchecked big tech, inequality, and global climate change. 2073 is an urgent, unshakable vision of a dystopic future that could very well be our own.
Director
Asif Kapadia
Producer
Asif Kapadia, George Chignell
Screenwriter
Asif Kapadia, Tony Grisoni, Tony Grisoni
Distributor
NEON
Production Co
Sheep Thief Films, Film4, Lafcadia Productions, Neon, Double Agent
Genre
Drama, Documentary, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Dec 27, 2024, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 7, 2025
Runtime
1h 23m
Most Popular at Home Now