Youth

Fox Searchlight Pictures | Release Date: December 4, 2015

7.1	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 146 Ratings

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perspicacityJan 1, 2016

Excellent acting and scenery, but pretentious, awful writing. The whole movie consists of non-sequiturs full of pseudo profundity. One scene is of Jane Fonda playing an ring actress who flies from LA to Switzerland to tell a director thatExcellent acting and scenery, but pretentious, awful writing. The whole movie consists of non-sequiturs full of pseudo profundity. One scene is of Jane Fonda playing an ring actress who flies from LA to Switzerland to tell a director that his movie stinks and she's pulling out. As a result, the plug is pulled. If only the real Jane Fonda had done that in real life with the same result. I love Michael Caine, Rachel Weisz and Harvey Keitel, but they should be embarrassed for lending their talents to this mistake.… Expand

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hotfromcauldronDec 11, 2015

What a difference a year makes! From one of my favorite films The Great Beauty - Sorrentino delivers another 2015 overrated pic - a plotless pondering pontification on the amount of urine drops peed by the elderly. I'm embarrassed to say IWhat a difference a year makes! From one of my favorite films The Great Beauty - Sorrentino delivers another 2015 overrated pic - a plotless pondering pontification on the amount of urine drops peed by the elderly. I'm embarrassed to say I couldn't make it to Jane Fonda's entrance --and I see and sit thru everything. But this disappointment pissed me off.… Expand

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whitewindFeb 24, 2016

We were attracted to this film by the marvelous cast and the generally positive reviews. What a disappointment! Pretentious does not begin to describe this film. The plot, what there is of it, is needle thin, and wanders all over the lot,We were attracted to this film by the marvelous cast and the generally positive reviews. What a disappointment! Pretentious does not begin to describe this film. The plot, what there is of it, is needle thin, and wanders all over the lot, introduces characters with no explanation of how they support the story. Then as if the story were insufficiently strange, the director introduces fantasy episodes, such as levitation and cows singing. If we weren't with other people, we would have walked out after a half hour. Or to put it another way, if we got it through Netflix, it would not have lasted 15 minutes.… Expand

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GreatMartinJan 7, 2016

My immediate reaction while watching “Youth” and when the end credits came on was that this was a load of pretentious ‘artistic garbage' but I thought a stronger word! There is so much excess in this film ranging from annoying music tracks,My immediate reaction while watching “Youth” and when the end credits came on was that this was a load of pretentious ‘artistic garbage' but I thought a stronger word! There is so much excess in this film ranging from annoying music tracks, songs that don’t make sense, fantasy images supposedly being taken for real, people that are in another movie just as scenes are thrown in to show the director’s, and film editor’s, expertise but not necessarily for a movie called “Youth”.

Performances by Michael Caine, Harvey Keitel, Paul Dano and Rachel Weisz are defeated by the script and what they have to say. Younger actors, except for Weisz, are secondary to the plot and are arranged in so many trick shots, as many of the extras are, that the camera, not the actors or screenplay, are the major attraction. Jane Fonda, grotesquely made up, plays a veteran actress who shows that she will do almost anything in a film even if it means being foul mouthed.

Old people are treated like robots and/or sheep with all treated alike and not able to think for themselves. It all takes place in a spa where people are continuously given massages or spread out in pools or steam rooms. The positive aspects of the movie, where the spa is located, are beautiful scenes of the Swiss alps..

Both Caine and Fonda are being mentioned for possible Oscar nominations for Best Actor and Best Supporting actress for her few moments on screen. I am big fans of both but I don’t see that happening for either unless watching him conduct a herd of cows which has no humor or seemingly any purpose as we already know he is a conductor/composer of some fame.

“Youth” is for someone who believes that a man can levitate, which happens, and may be what the movie is about.… Expand

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BroyaxJul 5, 2018

Je m'attendais à... je ne sais pas trop à quoi je m'attendais en fait. L'affiche est frappante : on dirait une pub pour du viagra. Du coup, j'espérais une sorte de comédie (?) surtout avec ce duo d'acteurs éminents et brillants,Je m'attendais à... je ne sais pas trop à quoi je m'attendais en fait. L'affiche est frappante : on dirait une pub pour du viagra. Du coup, j'espérais une sorte de comédie (?) surtout avec ce duo d'acteurs éminents et brillants, incontestablement (on ne les présente plus depuis belle lurette). Et avec un titre pareil, on pouvait s'attendre aussi à des calembours (?) sur la gériatrie, l'impuissance, les soucis de prostate et la maladie d'Alzheimer.

Il y a un peu de tout ça, cela dit, avec des filles à poil donc et des mecs aussi. Et même des vieux qui baisent dans les bois. Mais on cherche en vain ce qui pourrait faire (sou)rire (?) dans tout ce fatras de film intello-de-mes-deux dont la réalisation est totalement sénile, à deux à l'heure. Un peu de psychodrame également mais digne d'un épisode de "Plus belle la vie" sauf que c'est en cinémascope.

Et des dialogues, du blabla pour ne rien dire et s'écouter parler, faire le beau et l'intéressant pour attirer l'attention de Positif et Télérama. On dirait un film idéal pour l'asile de Cannes et de tous ses lèche-bottes compassés qui pètent plus haut que leur cul. Il remporterait la "palme" à l'aise.

Bref, je sais pas qui c'est ce Paolo mais c'est un putain de trou du cul.… Expand

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