the perfect blend of romantic drama and space comedy. This indie gem is charming, visually engaging and just plain fun.

| Apr 11, 2025

A marvelously fun and thought-provoking film that’s both charming and deeply satisfying.

| Original Score: A- | Jul 23, 2024

Love is as complicated as the universe in this fresh and inventive microbudget winner.

| Apr 29, 2024

It’s that old equation of two people who are clearly too high-maintenance for anyone but each other, and that’s why Litwak isn’t afraid to use oh-so-familiar beats of the rom-com classics.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 22, 2024

This Sci-Fi Rom Com is literally out of this world. Director Michael Lukk Litwak goes retro-future inspired by When Harry Met Sally with clever comedic dialogue and imaginative visuals.

| Feb 17, 2024

Molli and Max in the Future is a hilarious and heartfelt movie, full of excellent performances and zany sci-fi elements that make it memorable.

| Original Score: 9/10 | Feb 16, 2024

It’s all either whimsically charming or annoyingly cute, depending on your temperament.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Feb 12, 2024

“Despite the hollow philosophizing, ‘Molli and Max in the Future’ offers a surrealistic blend of popcorn entertainment and classic Hollywood appeal.”

| Feb 12, 2024

The best way to describe this combination romantic comedy and science fiction film is to imagine that writer/director Michael Lukk Litwak put “When Harry Met Sally” and “The Fifth Element” into a blender and set it on puree.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 11, 2024

The film is quirky-with-a-capital-Q, but if you’re receptive to the offbeat style, you’ll easily be won over.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Feb 11, 2024

Molli and Max In The Future is a fantastic movie and really highlights the benefits of blending genres together. It delivers weird and bizarre ideas and imagery with a familiar, yet charming, story.

| Feb 11, 2024

Even if its script hits familiar lulls and the actors lack the chemistry it would take to compensate, the mere fact that it got made is a testament to the type of indie film craftsmanship we should all be celebrating.

| Original Score: B- | Feb 10, 2024

Mamet and Athari are as charming as the production design and fully on-board with each chapter's new metaphor for our current social and political chaos or philosophical punch-line.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Feb 9, 2024

Despite some uneven forays into sociopolitical satire and the hit-and-miss nature of the talky script, the performances generate an endearing chemistry and the lo-fi vision conveys a heartfelt charm.

| Feb 9, 2024

[W]riter/director Michael Lukk Litwak, who makes his feature debut with a weird and entertaining piece of clever storytelling and do-it-yourself innovation.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Feb 9, 2024

Michael Lukk Litwak’s clever and sweet and funny Molli and Max in the Future” comes down to this: It’s When Harry Met Sally…in outer space...

| Feb 9, 2024

Science fiction has become such a mainstay of lumbering franchises that it’s hard not to root for left-field small-scale twists on the genre like the fizzy, funny “Molli and Max in the Future.”

| Feb 8, 2024

A delightfully offbeat sci-fi romantic comedy with a solid, well-thought-out emotional throughline. Every technical limitation is made up for with a bizarre burst of imagination and an embracement of retro flair

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 8, 2024

There’s an appealing sense of filmmaking adventure to “Molli and Max in the Future,” which carries along with strange visuals and goofy world-building, which is often more compelling than the central game of love.

| Original Score: B | Feb 7, 2024

A refreshingly un-Hollywood romcom.

| Feb 4, 2024