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Youth

Youth

2015
Drama, Music
2h 4m
A retired orchestra conductor is on holiday with his daughter and her friend in the Alps when he receives an invitation from Queen Elizabeth II to perform for Prince Philip's birthday. (Wikipedia)

Youth

2015
Drama, Music
2h 4m
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Rated 09 Nov 2015
49
21st
You only think you know blunt, until you see this. If that's not enough to get you going, Sorrentino had re-invented a whole new level of banality and blatancy for this movie alone. He doesn't trust his audience to think, you see, thus he makes sure to put his symbolic scenes and alegoric dialogs straight into your face oh so elegantly. This leads to Miss Universe being the smartest chick in the movie by far, for she didn't speak much or maybe because she had big boobs, can't remember which now.
Rated 24 Oct 2015
35
6th
The most extreme case of pretentious crap I've seen in a long time.
Rated 23 Nov 2015
7
68th
The first movie I've ever watched based solely on the poster. I said to my friend I hope that's us one day - just lounging in a hot tub as old dudes, looking at titties. Then we watched it. Oh and that nude scene will go down as one of the 3 best of all time. The movie is a bit disjointed and weird but it has such a great mood and atmosphere throughout that I enjoyed it all the way through. Great soundtrack and pretty depressing throughout.
Rated 13 Sep 2015
80
65th
Works best in the silent glances and movements from place to place. Occasionally the dialog gets too clumsy in how it pontificates life and the inherent meanings therein. There remains an elegance to it where it certainly travels similar themes to Sorrentino's masterpiece The Great Beauty but it's unfair and inaccurate to label this as simply the English version of that movie.
Rated 13 Nov 2015
74
80th
I thought that woman on the poster is Rachel Weisz! :(
Rated 20 May 2021
90
94th
I loved the indulgent attitude of this film. The discussion about levity at the start truly sets the tone for this mosaic of strange encounters and bittersweet reflection set in a dreamlike Swiss hotel. Sorrentino continues to win me over with his shot selection and odd humanity (An awesome Mark Kozalek appearance/song as well)
Rated 08 Jun 2017
43
10th
Youth is an overly self conscious film about aging that has been compared to Fellini by critics who presumably haven't seen much Fellini and/or misunderstood what they saw. He never would have made a film as maudlin and desperate for middlebrow acceptance as Youth. Unlike The Great Beauty, it has no interesting characters or performances to latch on to, and its unwieldy structure reflects a lack of surety over its focus rather than any real narrative ambition. The visuals are just surface gloss.
Rated 21 May 2016
12
9th
(stopped halfway through). just a very poorly written, fake-ass movie, lacking any substance or direction
Rated 11 Feb 2016
50
49th
The nude bath scene was spectacular, the rest was not. I'm not a big fan of Michael Caine. He did reasonably good with this rather haphazard story. Others were better, such as Harvey Keitel & Rachel Weisz. The slow pace sometimes felt lifeless, & they tossed in a pearl of wisdom now & then, but also equal parts nonsense. I wish I could say it was deep, but it was mostly dull, abstract & lacked excitement. However, strangely peaceful. Jane Fonda looked like hell & stunk it up with bad lines.
Rated 08 Feb 2016
1
3rd
i try hard to see the best in sorrentino after THIS MUST BE THE PLACE, but this is just embarrassing on every level.
Rated 30 Jan 2016
75
26th
An uneven mess, and I must admit that so many of Paolo Sorrentino's choices stand in sharp contrast to the types of things I like (Namely, his use of music generally lacks any subtlety, and he doesn't construct scenes in any sort of logical way). But acting-wise, the film feels like a victory lap for Michael Caine and Harvey Keitel, and their relationship is pleasant enough and their dialogue loaded with enough witticisms that the movie never really becomes unenjoyable.
Rated 16 Jan 2016
2
15th
Some well-framed shots and a few genuinely funny scenes (loved Weisz' meeting with the mountaineer), but otherwise nigh-on insufferable. Themes are hammered home, plot elements are suddenly tied up neatly with no real causal foreshadowing and everything is draped in grotesque cuts (an elegant shot of a woman singing becomes an unflattering close-up of her eating) masquerading as humour and an empty, pseudo-provoking aesthetic (primarily juxtapositions of conventional beauty and unsightliness).
Rated 29 Dec 2015
41
35th
I'm not entirely sure what this movie was doing, and I don't know that the director knew either. It meandered every which way. Much of the film suggested that cinema takes itself far too seriously, but it seemed to take itself far too seriously.
Rated 19 Dec 2015
38
8th
Festivals are bad for this kind of directores , i hope he survive ! ....turbulent , disturbed , garbled , disordered and ...
Rated 22 Nov 2015
50
30th
Weakest Sorrentino so far. Dialouges often feel stiff and kinda forced. Like he was trying to make a masterpiece, but without any idea about what.
Rated 17 Nov 2015
65
16th
You could squeeze out 5 random breathtaking music videos from this movie and then some.It's got gorgeous cinematography, and pretty people (young and old) played by some of the best actors out there. My problem with Youth is all the ramble never added up to a real conversation.
Rated 01 May 2024
38
29th
You could call it pretentious, I suppose, but it's too dumb to actually be pretentious. The problem is, of course, the writing. Perhaps Italians just shouldn't try to write screenplays in English...it seems to have been written by someone who doesn't QUITE understand the subtleties of the language. Sorrentino can't shape a scene, and his use of the mostly awful music is totally inept. The actors do their best, but only Paul Dano delivers his lines with a true sense of their ridiculousness.
Rated 24 Feb 2020
59
17th
Wax figures enjoying Weltschmerz.
Rated 29 Apr 2016
40
8th
While I appreciate its visual sensibility and the rhythmic unfolding of the scenes, I found content of the actual scenes to be nigh insufferable. The focus on Caine's character was good early on, but the film virtually abandons him later, or maybe it just feels that way because of its meandering approach to the characters/story.
Rated 26 Feb 2016
68
56th
Classic Paul Dano
Rated 06 Feb 2016
55
29th
son yarım saati olmasa çok daha etkili bir film olabilir. çok iyi başlıyor, rayına hemen oturuyor ama sonra gereksizce süzülüyor.
Rated 31 Jan 2016
79
66th
There's a hell of a lot going on in Sorrentino's latest enigmatic film oddity. Various characters, vignettes and subplots. Thematically he certainly visits some interesting ideas around life, death, old age, human relationships, friendship and memory. It's thought-provoking, almost an overload of material. Thankfully there are some memorably quirky scenes interspersed, and boy do the opulent locales and Swiss Alps look spectacular in this crisp, bright cinematography. Only a little too long.
Rated 23 Jan 2016
80
80th
Much, MUCH, better than its trailer leads you to believe. It's about two people who just happen to be old, but they, the rest of the cast, the excellent dialogue and the novel vignettes give it real life.
Rated 21 Jan 2016
40
19th
Sorrentino should find hilmself a different editor, and he might consider letting someone else do the scriptwriting too. Fireworks in the acting department (I particularly liked Keitel's delivery towards the end) and some pretty pictures don't save this from being a rather flimsy and meagre effort overall.
Rated 15 Jan 2016
80
69th
Visually stunning, as could be expected from Sorrentino. The cast delivers, even when the script doesn't.
Rated 11 Jan 2016
75
68th
Has the same strengths and weaknesses as Sorrentino's previous film The Great Beauty, but seems less substantial. The script is a bit clunky and things feel a little forced at times. Still, it's a treat for the eyes and Caine is majestic. It also features a higher than average proportion of memorable scenes - the Maradona tennis ball scene for example is sublime.
Rated 08 Jan 2016
85
76th
Takes a little bit to figure out the film's rhythm, but if you aren't won over by the end of it then you must not have a soul. Saying this film had breathtaking cinematography is an understatement. Sure some of the meaning and symbolism of this film went over my head, but the last scene is just so goddamn magnificent I almost cried. Oh, and that one scene with Paul Dano's character (you know the one), sitting through any so-so moment in this film is worth it for that one scene.
Rated 07 Jan 2016
75
37th
A retired composer (Michael Caine) at a Swiss resort spends his days shooting the breeze with his filmmaker friend (Harvey Keitel), trying to connect with his frustrated daughter (Rachel Weisz), and managing the expectations of those around him. What exactly Sorrentino and company are up to here is a bit of a mystery; scene by scene it's funny, touching, and accomplished, but it never quite comes together as a whole and begins to lose steam in the home stretch. The actors enjoy themselves.
Rated 29 Dec 2015
76
67th
Youth is a beautiful film, but also very distant. Character development here plays out in short dialogue sequences and rich, atmospheric compositions. I never felt really connected with the elite, well-pampered characters, but I can understand how some could.
Rated 28 Dec 2015
70
47th
Sort of like a Hotel Budapest on ambien. Whimsical characters pontificate & converse about their life's shortfalls and other various observations. I had a slight flashback to 8 1/2 during Keitel's flashback, which might have been a hangover from the mesmerising The Great Beauty.
Rated 19 Dec 2015
85
79th
The real beauty of youth has the ability to capture every single moment of one's creativity...such a thought-provoking movie!
Rated 07 Dec 2015
76
78th
Gorgeously shot and capably acted.
Rated 06 Dec 2015
77
90th
Calculated, sentimental and terrific.
Rated 22 Nov 2015
7
58th
A lighthearted, at times heavy-handed, yet equally resonant companion piece to 'La grande bellezza', bursting at its seams with youthful energy, quiet introspection and painful regret. Much like the abovementioned film, it is a film of great visual beauty and elaborate aesthetics, supported by a wonderful cast that shares Sorrentino's vision and dedication at every step.
Rated 28 Oct 2015
82
42nd
Haunting, slow paced but maintains the interest although some aspects of the film remain obsure. Beautiful photography and excellent acting. Fascinating study of ageing
Rated 25 Oct 2015
78
89th
i liked the ending a bit lost in places but still worth watching
Rated 25 Oct 2015
60
89th
Youth (I) (2015) is about old people philosophying about life with a few celebs popping by to sprinkle some life at the luxury holiday spa up in the Swizz apls. Great actors with Michael Caine & Harvey Keitel up front doing their thing with a brief but memorable appearance by Jane Fonda. Also a breathtaking moment with Madalina Diana Ghenea at the pool for a different pleasure. While the babble is simple and destinations lax, I found Youth to be a good thing.
Rated 04 Oct 2015
73
46th
Filmekimi - Rexx.
Rated 13 Sep 2015
85
68th
Beautiful examination of the aging process and how it is viewed by people of all ages. Has that same vibrant yearning for life that was such a big part of The Great Beauty, but it is way more subdued and painterly than that hyper film.
Rated 21 Sep 2024
49
3rd
21 Setembre 2024 - Crec que per vagància mai no escric res significatiu sobre les pel·lícules que veig. Semblen només notes vagues a mi mateix. L'he trobat principalment ridícula, amb molts aires de geni i bastant pollavieja encara que aquest sigui el tema. Algun moment entretingut, però els personatges en general m'han semblat marionetes, no he vist riquesa gairebé enlloc. De cada 5 intents de poesia, un em feia alguna cosa.
Rated 08 Jun 2024
65
44th
The first half was interesting but the second half was boring.
Rated 27 Aug 2023
82
67th
A bit of a messy indulgence, but so sumptuously shot (the scenery is breathtaking) and well performed that Sorrentino almost gets away with it – headlined by Caine and Keitel as the last choices to play lifelong friends, but who fascinatingly mould and meld their uncommonly stoic characters together (and make Fonda’s scorching cameo all the more shocking by comparison). Not sure the sometimes ponderous musings add up to a great deal, and hampered by more than one unnecessary character (Weisz).
Rated 11 Jan 2023
3
41st
Don't you hate shampoo-commerical aesthetics of modern art mainstream?
Rated 16 Oct 2022
92
95th
audiovisual 95 acting 90 overall feeling 92 avg ~92
Rated 12 Feb 2022
70
83rd
eng; [youth; ewige jugend]; ein dirigent im ruhestand verbringt seinen urlaub in den alpen mit seiner tochter und wird von der queen aufgefordert ein stück aufzuführen - doch er möchte nicht.; (kontrastreich);
Rated 30 Dec 2021
70
63rd
A tender movie about getting old.
Rated 06 Aug 2021
94
95th
"????????"/ "And in a good friendship you only tell each other the good things." / "??????????that's the future???????????that's the past?"
Rated 13 Jul 2021
87
83rd
As is often the case with Sorrentino, it's hard to judge to which degree the film is taking its (not too profound or insightful, but occasionally touching) rhetoric about aging, artistic legacies, etc. at face value and to what extent it's drily deriding the self-importance of the artists who deal in those subjects. That tension is particularly fruitful in the case of 'Youth', concerned as it is with famous men being deflated almost to nothing.
Rated 11 Jun 2021
2
21st
Rated 14 Feb 2021
78
60th
Rewatch the first half (9/10)
Rated 13 Feb 2021
90
85th
Poignant and funny. Exquisitely shot. Fabulous.
Rated 10 Mar 2020
40
8th
İsviçre'de bir otelde tatil yapan biri besteci diğeri yönetmen iki dünür ve bestecinin kızı çevresinde gelişen olayları konu edinmiş. Besteci İngiltere kraliçesinden aldığı konser teklifini kabul etmez, kızı ile damadı boşanır. Yönetmen ise bir film çekmeye çalışır fakat sonunu getiremez. İkinci kısmı acayip baydı. Bestecinin evlilik ve imparatorluk ilişkisi arasında kurduğu ilgi muhteşemdi.
Rated 26 Oct 2019
100
92nd
Stunning, beautiful, silent and at the same time full of music
Rated 25 Sep 2019
78
53rd
Nice to see Caine and Keitel taking the central stage. Very entertaining, cinematic and appealing for the eye - but at times even too self-consciously stylized.
Rated 03 Aug 2019
60
12th
Knew that this sorrentino guy hides some rubbish under his picturesque shots.
Rated 09 Mar 2019
98
88th
Amazing camera, nice views, nice locations, and all kind of personalities and human beings and honor to human body... pleasure to watch this luxurious movie. I can even forgive it one "so predictable and so cliche and tendency" scene with little girl in shop. Just try to not fall asleep. I can recommend it for home cinema projecting ;)
Rated 24 Apr 2018
82
70th
An easy watch that I was very comfortably able to sit with. It's very undemanding, though it still provokes the senses with some dreamlike moments, intriguing directions, some mosaic structure, and for the most part invigorating conversations between this assortment of characters who delve in their current live's situations (within the relaxed environments of the Alps). A memorable experience, even though I've forgotten to review here for weeks now (but I'm getting old in my age).
Rated 14 Oct 2017
68
47th
The dialogue felt stilted, and it was a bit of a momentum killer as we seemed to pick up and drop character's stories as we went along. Lots of quality acting as you'd expect from this group, but ultimately this didn't speak to me.
Rated 19 Aug 2017
30
24th
If it didn't try so hard to be interesting, it might have been a bit more interesting.
Rated 24 Jul 2017
94
74th
A gem and surprisingly great film.
Rated 16 Jun 2017
79
61st
Uma drama contemplativo e lírico sobre idade e fama, onde os personagens expõem suas memórias.
Rated 23 Mar 2017
80
57th
I feel young again after watching this film. I thought that Michael Caine and Harvey Keitel did a great job playing two friends who are both creative-types staying at a Swiss health resort. There are many other crazy characters including Caine's daughter, played by Rachel Weisz, and Paul Dano as an actor staying at the resort. The biggest surprise was seeing Jane Fonda in this film. I wasn't expecting to see her. I can't describe to you why this movie is really good...
Rated 19 Mar 2017
50
7th
o Sorrentino está no caminho do abismo desde o Grande Beleza
Rated 18 Mar 2017
70
53rd
2017/03/17
Rated 12 Feb 2017
44
4th
I finally found something that makes me sleep.
Rated 23 Jan 2017
51
35th
Getting old is shit
Rated 08 Jan 2017
7
81st
Youth is superior cinema, ardent and artful. Sorrentino, an Oscar winner for The Great Beauty, fills every frame with ravishing images that evoke his idol, Fellini. Gloriously shot by Luca Bigazzi and scored by David Lang, the movie engulfs you like a dream.
Rated 30 Dec 2016
73
65th
I enjoyed watching it once, but I don't think it will leave much of a lasting impact. The dialogue isn't very memorable and the characters aren't that sympathetic. I liked the soundtrack and the film is competently made. It should have had more substance in order for it to be truly good though. But for some reason, as with The Great Beauty, the film seems better than it should be.
Rated 22 Oct 2016
60
5th
In spite of gorgeous locales and star-studded ensemble (no peak performances for any of them), rather disappointing overall. Very little to be reminded off soon after leaving the theater. Mostly fluff, and unfortunately very underwhelming final scene.
Rated 29 Sep 2016
90
74th
"Youth" 2015 Best known for 2013's "The Great Beauty", which garnered the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar in 2014, Paolo Sorrentino weaves an uneven, strange, almost avant-garde tale of two friends, who are supporting each other in their waning days. On holiday at an exclusive Alpine spa, Mick Boyle (Harvey Keitel) is holed up with a team of young screenwriters trying to complete a film script. The flick has been written for Mick's long-time star, Brenda Morel (Jane Fonda), a tempe
Rated 05 Aug 2016
30
1st
Could not watch it entirely. Maybe that's why i didn't get it, but as far as i did watch it = it felt really poorly written and flimsy. Pretty cinematography can only take you so far.
Rated 16 Jul 2016
75
83rd
Though not as magnificent as 'The Great Beauty', this is still excellent work from one of the most interesting directors of our time. Sublime acting and cinematography.
Rated 22 May 2016
30
12th
One has the impression that the filmmaker wants so badly to become a great director that he is in danger of completely losing his aesthetic compass. Film veers too often and too far towards being trite. Sorrentino's last three films are his three weakest.
Rated 24 Mar 2016
57
76th
#16#, rw3, ratings, story, creator Sorrentino, cast
Rated 07 Mar 2016
70
19th
Youth ist eine bombastische dramatische Komödie über kleine Gefühle. Unwesentliche Gesten und belanglose Routine erhält hier übermässigen Wert. Keiner der Charaktere hat mehr Weisheit als jeder Durchschnitts-Typ. In diesem Sinne ist Youth ein anti elegischer Film, in dem die Figuren über ganz banale Gefühle senieren... mehr auf cinegeek.de
Rated 26 Feb 2016
80
94th
2. /c
Rated 01 Feb 2016
9
98th
Beautifully shot, rich and vibrant a fabulous soundtrack and interesting themes.
Rated 28 Jan 2016
75
89th
Excellent.
Rated 01 Jan 2016
85
84th
The cinematography is inventive, evocative, and just plum stupid-good. The performances, in particular those of Michael Caine, Rachel Weisz, and Paul Dano are superb. What these pieces combine to accomplish still evades me a bit. It's an art film about artists who talk about art and other artists, and specifically about how art is very artistic. It's once again a depiction of high society, but without most of the savage satirical bite of Sorrentino's last film. Worth seeing for the visuals.
Rated 30 Dec 2015
95
91st
1382: this movie is from those movies that you don't want to finish! and you wish that it going on and on ...
Rated 16 Dec 2015
86
90th
Simply brilliant. I think I loved it more than The Great Beauty. And I didn't think that was possible. Paolo Sorrentino is a revelation.
Rated 14 Dec 2015
85
81st
The Small Beauty. Its slow and still feels like restless entertaining... I could talk about Sorrentinos gender-view here, but rather wanne put out the general view of him, that in itself is full (of itself and) loveliness. I could talk about Michael Canes brilliant performce, always sligthly above simple Depression -and yet Paul Dano steals every scene... and Diego gets the hommage he deserves... and boobs! It has boobs! And Hitler! One cathouse of a movie!
Rated 21 Nov 2015
70
76th
After 10 minutes in I thought why the hell did I decide to watch this. But slowly it gets the emotional levels just right and its a fascinating view of all the little titbits of everyone involved.
Rated 15 Nov 2015
84
93rd
Beautiful and thought-proviking, Sorrentino is becoming the new Malick.
Rated 25 Oct 2015
81
85th
Un unusual movie about ageing. Some part for Keitel I did not like; he was kind of lost in his part. Lives of people were well colliding.

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