Centered around a quietly spectacular performance by young Perla Haney-Jardine, Future Weather integrates a green message into a striking and emotional drama about intergenerational female conflict.
First-time writer-director Jenny Deller has assembled a superb cast, with Madigan in particular making the most of her character’s no-nonsense flintiness.
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Slant MagazineChuck Bowen
Slant MagazineChuck Bowen
The film is ultimately enjoyable despite its faults, at least partially because it represents an earnest, honest attempt to empathize with struggling American working-class women.
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Village Voice
Village Voice
The film is most successful as a character study of a stubborn, prickly girl whose intelligence far outweighs her immediate prospects.
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New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
The movie works best as a calling card for young Haney-Jardine, whom we can surely expect to see more of on the festival circuit.