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Youth Without Youth Review

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3.0

Dave White Profile

… not as bonkers as Southland
Tales
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  • 3.0
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  • 0

    out of 100

    Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman

    The movie is one soporific, depressed, deadeningly vague scene after another.

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  • 38

    out of 100

    Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert

    The film is a sharp disappointment to those who have been waiting for 10 years since the master's last film. The best that can be hoped is that, having made a film, Coppola has the taste again, and will go on to make many more, nothing like this.

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  • 40

    out of 100

    Variety

    Attempting to harness multiple genres, pic is brought down by ponderous dialogue (much of it dubbed) and an inability to connect with its characters.

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  • 40

    out of 100

    The Hollywood Reporter Ray Bennett

    Lacking coherence and suspense, the picture is likely to attract a cult following while disappointing Coppola's fan base.

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  • 40

    out of 100

    Wall Street Journal Joe Morgenstern

    The essence of Youth Without Youth, which was shot -- luminously -- in Romania, lies in its solemn speculations about aging, time and consciousness. Mr. Coppola is one of the cinema's peerless masters, and I would have enjoyed nothing more than a chance to celebrate his new film. I'm truly sorry to say, then, that I found it impenetrable.

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  • 50

    out of 100

    USA Today Claudia Puig

    An ambitious but mind-numbingly tedious and often incomprehensible film.

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  • 60

    out of 100

    Los Angeles Times Carina Chocano

    Ultimately, Youth Without Youth is more intriguing than it is satisfying. It hooks you, then lets you flounder.

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  • 70

    out of 100

    The New York Times Manohla 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.

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4

good movie, great story by alindanielolaru
Interesting movie; maybe not for the average movie goer. if you really want tofeel its taste, do a little research on Mircea Eliade's work.

4

A new cult classic, perhaps by Raja_H
Coppola is back and who knows what that means for the future. He seems to want to make more experimental films and that will be wonderful wherever it leads. This film is a reminder to the whole CGI industry about what a master can do (with the assistance of a master film editor like Murch). It's a visual feast, beautiful to watch and surreal without a computer. Any of us could make these kind of effects with a video camera...if we were Coppola! As far as the story, it will be a cult classic because of its subject matter: spiritualism, Buddhism, the nature of time, the origin of thought, the meaning of birth and death, and a couple of Nazis thrown in for good measure. The scene with a lightning machine and a horse suspended from the ceiling is a classic (and one we couldn't do ourselves without the cash). Wonderful acting throughout. And yet...it will be a commercial failure. It's too complicated and too weird. Nothing that a few tokes at midnight can't heal.

1

Youth without Plot!!!! by LittleLucy27
WHat was the point of this movie? I coulnd't tell you! People, SAVE YOUR MONEY!!!!!!!!!!! THIS WAS A BUNCH OF CONVOLUTED CRAP!!!!! I'm pretty sure I counted at least 5 or 6 different plots within the supposed main plot which in itself was so ridiculous, it was hard to sit through the whole movie!!! Too LONG, Too WEIRD, and really not even thought provoking at all! You just really wanted it to be over after an hour!

4

by branagh

4

by Xcine

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