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‘Sore: Wife from the Future’ Review: A Fantastical Time-Traveling Romance That Never Achieves Liftoff

Dec 15, 2025 1:00pm PT ‘Sore: Wife from the Future’ Review: A Fantastical Time-Traveling Romance That Never Achieves Liftoff Indonesia’s Oscar submission aims for genre-bending romance and whimsy, but repetitive plotting and tonal whiplash leave the film stranded in its own contrivances. By Murtada Elfadl Plus Icon Murtada Elfadl Latest ‘Europe’s New Faces’ Review: An Intimate if Scattered Portrait of Displacement Reframes the Immigration Narrative 4 days ago ‘Giant’ Review: Boxing Legend Naseem Hamed Gets a Biopic That’s More Interested in His Coach 1 week ago ‘Truth and Treason’ Review: A Conventional Biopic of a Teenager Who Resisted the Third Reich 2 months ago See All Cerita Films “Sore: Wife from the Future” asks much of its audience. From believing in time travel to imagining outlandish fantasy scenarios, Indonesia’s Oscar entry relies on the suspension of disbelief.

Sore Wife from the Future

Sore Wife from the Future

Credit: Variety

Key Highlights

  • Many films have managed to convert their audience to a unique story construct.
  • Here, unfortunately, that ask proves to be too much.
  • Almost every line of dialogue comes off heavy-handed, the visuals are standard and have none of story’s fantastical elements of the story, and the screenplay takes so many leaps that it dulls the sense of surprise.
  • Rather than a light dramedy about love, the film becomes a chore to sit through.
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