November 16, 2008
A mental feast of an acquired taste. It's a shame the negative rap this film got. I really enjoyed its magic.
Adrian Pintea, Adriana Titieni, Alexandra Maria Lara
A professor's life changes after a cataclysmic incident during the dark years before WWII. Becoming a fugitive, he is pursued through far-flung locations including Romania, Switzerland, Malta and Indi...( read more
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DVD Release Date: May 13, 2008
Stats: 1,102 reviews
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September 18, 2008A very amazing film....romantic, mysterious, philosophical, and completely mind blowing. Tim Roth is one of my favorite actors and he was so wonderful in this film. This film might not be for everyone, but everyone should at least sit down and watch it. I was not disappointed ...( read more)
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August 18, 2008How did this guy make Dracula? Here's another movie where the director tried to be too cryptic, symbolic and other such words and ended up with an incoherrent piece of crap.
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June 25, 2008There's a lot to admire about Youth Without Youth, but potential for entertainment is not exactly one of them. I love that this is mature, historical fiction (as borrowed from Romanian writer Mircea Eliade) rendered beautifully by a master filmmaker, but damn if this isn't dull a...( read more)
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June 2, 2008To quote Eric Rowe, "Technically speaking the film is beautifully shot, and Coppola reminds us why he is a master. This film is not "easy" but its incredibly interesting and engrossing. The script is very complicated and deals with many theoretical opinions and observations." Th...( read more)
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October 28, 2009Sorry - what should have been interesting is dull as dishwater and one of Mr. Coppala's that I really didn't enjoy. Too sedately presented and it's attempt at fragmented philosophy & theoretical hyposthesis falls flat & frivilous in the end.
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August 23, 2009The beginning is kinda boring, but the movie is really interesting. Lots of philosophical questions and stuff.
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Critic Reviews
December 21, 2007
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune
December 21, 2007
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Youth Without Youth proves that Francis Ford Coppola can still make a movie, but not that he still knows how to choose his projects. full review
December 14, 2007
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal
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. full review
December 14, 2007
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
While a movie doesn't have to make literal sense to be good, a filmmaker can't be so lost in his own universe that he forgets his job is to open it out to the rest of us. And that, apparently, is what... full review
December 14, 2007
Claudia Puig, USA Today
The craftsmanship is undeniably polished. It's just too bad the story is so plodding and pretentious. full review
December 14, 2007
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
Youth Without Youth is lush and heartfelt, but compelling only in fits and starts. full review
December 10, 2007
David Edelstein, New York Magazine
Coppola takes a subject that once would have made him gaga and explores it with tenderness and lucidity. full review
November 26, 2007
Nick Schager, Slant Magazine
The director treats his material as if it were Last Year at Marienbad, yet his story's particulars are too goofy and too incompatible to result in something haunting or beguiling. full review
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