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After several decades lodged firmly in the collective consciousness it’s easy today to forget that “When Harry Met Sally,” when it was released, was dinged for being a rip off of “Annie Hall” (among other Woody Allen joints). It’s also conceivable that a new generation might not remember that “Molli and Max in the Future” is itself a riff on “When Harry Met Sally,” which is in its way a compliment. A derivative it may be, but it has a comedic voice of its own, one attuned to millennial angst circa 2023, when yesterday’s youth brigade age into their middle years and the anxiety of irresolute platonic relationships grows more acute. Director Michael Lukk Litwak has a real talent for this subject matter and knows how to use it, along with a richly satirical backdrop, to bring impressively dimensional life to his two protagonists, played with finely tuned abandon by Zosia Mamet and Aristotle Athiras. They track well from the awkwardness and friction of their initial meet-cute through to the ennui of their mid-career years; at first you almost don’t want them to get together, but over time they progressively, and somewhat haphazardly, morph into one of those screen couples that audiences remember long after the credits roll. Like Harry and Sally, really.
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