Hello Tomorrow!

Matt Roush says...

A triumph of production design, though offering precious little narrative nourishment, this not-quite-comedy is set in a future as imagined in the 1950s. It’s Mad Men meets The Jetsons, with vintage hovercars and primitive robot servants and bartenders peppering the urban and suburban world of its dreamers. Billy Crudup, an Emmy winner for Apple’s The Morning Show, rocks a Don Draper vibe as dapper Jack, a slick salesman of moon time-shares that may or may not be legit. He certainly seems to believe it, even as he runs his company into the ground with starry-eyed optimism. What story there is more or less begins when he takes Joey (Nicholas Podany), the son he abandoned, under his wing as a sales associate, hiding his true identity. Talents like Hank Azaria, as a gambling-addicted co-worker, and Alison Pill, as an unhappy customer, are largely wasted, though it’s always fun to look at.

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