Review of Youth (2015) by Whitewind — 24 Feb 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, 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.