World of Tomorrow

World of Tomorrow

2015
Comedy, Drama
Short Film
17m
A little girl is taken on a mind-bending tour of her distant future (imdb)
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World of Tomorrow

2015
Comedy, Drama
Short Film
17m
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Rated 04 Apr 2015
95
97th
Don Hertfeldt could shoot me point blank in the face and still have my respect.
Rated 14 Jan 2016
86
87th
I hope you're not reading this to gauge whether or not to watch a 16 minute film.
Rated 06 Apr 2015
95
97th
My God Hertzfeldt is amazing. So much detail in such a minimalist style, with incredible dialogue and a fantastic sense of humour. I chuckled quite a few times. It made me think, it made me emotional, and the choice to have the main character be a little girl was a great one... the contrast of having deep messages told to a child allowed this short to be more charming, hilarious and touching.
Rated 15 Apr 2015
9
90th
Emily Prime is adorable, hilarious, clueless, and a perfect foil for Third Generation Emily, whose deteriorating body and mind is leaving an unsalvageable trail of debris. More clever than it might initially let on, World of Tomorrow is gleefully sadistic, yes, but this is balanced with a large dose of deeply felt sincerity. You could even say it has the look and feel of a children's book. Note (saw this at a Film Festival): Kids in the audience laughed hysterically.
Rated 10 May 2015
1
12th
Hertzfeldt fails hard. Not funny and not an interesting look at the future. Where Hertzfeldt's old stuff is basically just silly, fun nonsense this seemed like him growing up and realizing that he should get away from his old work but yet forgetting that he's not interesting or compelling in any way but he's a Whedon-esque figure so people will circle jerk themselves over anything he does. It's sad when people can't separate the man from his work because this was embarrassingly bad.
Rated 15 Jan 2016
75
52nd
Cute and funny, this boundary pushing and imaginative short was fun to watch and had a poignant line with "the now is the envy of the dead", but ultimately it failed to live up to the hype. Still good and enjoyable.
Rated 27 Nov 2017
88
78th
This is what sci-fi at its best. It takes anxiety about something philosophical or political & blows it up in widescreen proportions with a unique plot driven idea. The concept of talking to an ancestor (essentially yourself) paves way for a variety of discussions on memory, love, and fate of the world. I have two minor shortcomings as one of the voiceovers was created in a distracting way, and the animation may have been a touch too minimal. Still it is a short ride and one worthy of a trip.
Rated 24 Mar 2016
94
95th
I thought it was great. It's ridiculous, a tad pretentious, but the thoughts on economic inequality really strike home through the minimalist visual experience. Especially the burning on re-entry; you'll know what I mean once you see it. I applaud the choice of a female main character and several quotable lines have become instant favorites - particularly the line about "now being the envy of the dead." The ending was terrific as well.
Rated 19 Oct 2015
55
39th
Liked it, but I didn't love it (as many seem to). Its big ideas per minute ration might've broken some sort of record, I'd wager.
Rated 18 Jan 2016
84
84th
Oh. Oh God, oh God, oh God. Oh my God. Holy Mother of God. Oh, oh, oh. Oh God. Can somebody please just give Charlie Kaufman and Don Hertzfeldt all the money to make all the movies ever? (And okay you can throw Kenneth Lonergan a few bucks too.)
Rated 26 Aug 2015
92
97th
Hertzfeldt's usual mix of comedy and bleakness, but still a distinct progression from his previous work. It's wonderful.
Rated 22 Jan 2016
63
42nd
Lots of cool ideas, but still disappointing. The entire thing is basically one long expository speech with the animation adding very little. Worth seeing just for its ideas and some amusing jokes.
Rated 08 Jun 2016
90
92nd
Have not encountered Don Hertzfeldt before this. But I'll make more encounters happen in the future, that's for certain. (edit: on further investigation that was a barefaced lie, but I won't change the review in any way to fix the lie, I'll just keep it, lies and all).
Rated 13 Jun 2015
9
89th
As one would expect by now, Hertzfeldt manages to create a visually immersive story despite his utilization of stick figures--his first time doing so digitally--while also engrossing with a morbidly hilarious portrayal of a sterile future through the eyes of a modern day toddler.
Rated 25 Sep 2015
6
83rd
quite beautiful.
Rated 18 Dec 2015
5
81st
Beautiful. I'll admit it doesn't hit as hard as ISaBD(one of the few films to actually portray mental illness with crushing accuracy. It triggered a breakdown in me), but I think it's trying to do more (bigger ideas), which is an honourable feat. Hertzfeldt does so much with so little.
Rated 31 Mar 2016
91
93rd
The ideas in this are really fun and Hertzfeldt constructs a nice set-up to explore them, and the kid voice acting is cute. But along with the enjoyment and wonder of this sci-fi is the melancholy of its far-out futuristic concepts. The crude stick figure animation is now complemented by some insane and often disparate layers of scattered psychedelic animation, which has a terrific look and oddly adds to the melancholy of the film. The booklet that comes with the BR also adds to this experience.
Rated 19 Apr 2016
56
75th
awww.
Rated 20 May 2016
8
91st
Animated shorts often struggle to hold my attention but this was a notable exception. Pretty dazzlingly inventive throughout, switching ably from wacky, laugh-out-loud funny to almost profoundly moving comment on the brevity of life. The best of Herzfeldt's shorts that I've seen to date.
Rated 16 Jan 2016
72
59th
Charming and sweet.
Rated 21 Apr 2015
86
94th
Hertzfeldt's kinetic blend of digital and handdrawn animation causes a continual fascination of its various colours, shapes, dimensions, and movements. While its Grand Ideas may exceed the time in which he, one of the world's greatest animators, allows himself to explore them with the utmost clarity and depth, WoT nonetheless reaches the various emotions we experience when exploring our own memories: sentimentality, joy, longing. After all, "It is easy to get lost in memories."
Rated 06 Sep 2019
75
84th
In his totally unique style of animation where stick figures meet Norman McLaren, Hertzfeldt picks up on the theme of eternal life, where the end of his Such a Beautiful Day saga left off. Here, a very little girl (voiced by the unscripted ramblings of Hertzfeldt's 5-year-old niece) converses with her own distant-future clone. Wonderfully deranged and erratic.
Rated 06 Jan 2020
78
66th
Rad.
Rated 10 Oct 2022
85
86th
Hertzfeldt's evolution from someone who makes funny little short videos to someone who makes videos that are still funny, but also profoundly existential and unnerving, is a very welcome change. A disturbing and chaotic mixture of moods handled skillfully to deliver several profound messages, and hey, it's quotable too! Good stuff.
Rated 19 Nov 2019
65
51st
Interesting and worth a watch but nothing spectacular
Rated 22 Dec 2015
84
83rd
My brother has been hounding me to watch Hertzfeldt's other stuff and I kinda have to now after this was so entrancing. Best animated shit I've seen in a long time.
Rated 16 Mar 2016
85
88th
As much as I liked it, I hope Hertzfeldt soon moves on from material like this as he moved on from the Adult Swim-ish territory of his earlier work.
Rated 19 Jan 2016
64
42nd
OK, but not as as good as It's Such a Beautiful Day. ps74
Rated 11 Jul 2015
90
95th
Hertzfeldt strays from the silly but gives a wildly entertaining a bizarre look at the future. Beautifully done.
Rated 01 Mar 2016
90
97th
it's no Bear Story
Rated 16 Dec 2017
40
8th
Minik kizin klonu gelecekten döner ve ona gelecekte olanlari anlatir, fakat geçmişe özlem duymaktadir ve giderken annesiyle ilgili hatiralari da alir. 17 dakika çöp kiz ve çöp kadin konuşuyor.
Rated 08 Apr 2015
60
62nd
Above average short.
Rated 23 Dec 2015
85
81st
Hertzfeldt? Hertzfeldt!
Rated 16 Jan 2016
90
94th
Don Hertzfeldt might be my favorite director. He blends melancholy and humor perfectly again and again and his stick figures in front of more complex animation appeals to me greatly. I can't recommend his work enough.
Rated 04 Jan 2018
95
98th
I watched this in possibly the wrong frame of mind, feeling a bit fragile in terms of my sense of self and scared about the future. It left me a weeping mess, and I've felt on the verge of tears off and on in the time since then.
Rated 29 Mar 2016
100
96th
Beautiful and tragic. This is what pure art looks like.
Rated 31 Jul 2017
20
2nd
it is really something bad; it is not thought-provoking, witty, or even whimsy in any sense. Boring.
Rated 22 Nov 2015
6
34th
Quite a disappointment after ISABD, employing a mostly cold and sterile animation style, with stabs at wit and pathos that often fall flat. Emily is a cutie though. Demands a rewatch, perhaps.
Rated 25 May 2015
8
94th
Guest appearance by The Babadook
Rated 15 Feb 2016
88
85th
Beautiful, sad, inventive, and suspicious. WoT appreciates the present moment most of all, and despite its clear anxieties about technology and the way our world is developing, finds room for a life-affirming perspective. The film is also filled with absurd humor that, when placed next to the sadness, makes for a truly bizarre, but never less than engaging experience.
Rated 01 May 2016
95
96th
^_^
Rated 22 Mar 2016
85
85th
Video review: https://youtu.be/lZp4Z4OKeiU
Rated 26 Apr 2015
85
77th
26 Nisan 2015 &
Rated 03 Feb 2016
94
63rd
Sixteen adorable, funny and profound minutes!
Rated 22 May 2016
6
46th
When taken as a dark comedy, this is surprisingly really good. Although, all of the existentialist questions it tries to pose are incredibly obvious and have all been already firmly established in that branch of philosophy. The "feels," didn't really connect, either. The animation is pretty good, although, it's oftentimes cluttered, which takes away from the minimal character designs.
Rated 08 Feb 2016
82
82nd
:)
Rated 07 Apr 2015
5
91st
Don Hertzfedt is staking a claim as the best filmmaker alive right now.
Rated 04 Feb 2021
6
53rd
A rather bleak cartoon about the disappointments of a person who lives forever. Like Moon and Blade Runner, it explores what it means to be human and alive.
Rated 07 Dec 2018
90
99th
Hilarious, surprising, wrenching, gorgeous. A short modern masterpiece.
Rated 06 Aug 2021
80
70th
8?
Rated 25 Dec 2021
7
73rd
beaitiful -
Rated 20 May 2022
75
49th
Very weird, but fun to watch, thanks to its crazy density of weird sci-fi concepts being thrown at you.
Rated 14 Jul 2022
55
21st
I hated this and thought it was annoying
Rated 25 Sep 2022
68
64th
What a cute short film. Loved the mix of wit and comedy with tragedy and bleakness. Interesting animation style, done with an attention to detail. Surprisingly sincere.

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