Youth Without Youth
Sony Pictures Classics | Release Date: December 14, 2007 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
43
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Mixed or average reviews based on 29 Critic Reviews
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9
Mixed:
14
Negative:
6
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75
Baltimore SunMichael Sragow
This film's playful visual language pulls you in rather than shuts you out; it isn't difficult to decipher, and it enables Coppola and his editor, Walter Murch, to navigate the story's many realms with a directness and dexterity that are refreshing. Read full review
70
New York Magazine (Vulture)David Edelstein
Half the time in the mystical saga Youth Without Youth, I had no idea what the movie was about, but I always felt that the director and screenwriter, Francis Ford Coppola, did, and that he was deeply in tune--and having a hell of a time--with the material. Read full review
70
Village VoiceJ. Hoberman
For all its fussy lighting, upside-down camera angles, and overwrought impressionism, Youth Without Youth is essentially playful. It's also pleasantly meandering in its largely faked locations, and drolly matter-of-fact about its mystic visions. Read full review
70
The New York TimesManohla Dargis
In this film Mr. Coppola blurs dreams and everyday life and suggests that through visual and narrative experimentation he has begun the search for new ways of making meaning, new holy places for him and for us. He may not have found them yet, but, then, he’s just waking up. Read full review
67
Portland OregonianShawn Levy
Tt is a comeback, and if it leads the director to better work, it can be forgiven as a warm-up. Read full review
67
Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean Axmaker
Beautiful but empty. Read full review
63
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick Groen
How's this for a ringing endorsement: Watching Youth Without Youth, Francis Ford Coppola's first film in nearly a decade, is like taking a philosophy exam. A really tiring philosophy exam, where the questions are elegantly phrased but damn confounding and not really conducive to right answers. Read full review
63
PremiereGlenn Kenny
As a fan and well-wisher of Coppola's, I wanted very much to like this movie, and I'll probably give it another shot once the DVD comes out. But, at first sight, Youth Without Youth's striving for exuberance reveals an almost desperate effort too much of the time. Read full review
63
Chicago TribuneMichael Phillips
Too much of the film is a muddle, and it feels like work, not play. Read full review
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