A boondoggle so obnoxious in concept and execution that it's hard to see why [Coppola] thought that it might be a good idea to try filming it in the first place.
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12/29/07
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Youth Without Youth (2007)
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Reviews Counted:99
Fresh:30
Rotten:69
Average Rating:4.7/10
Consensus: Although visually appealing, Coppola's latest film mixes too many genres with a very confusing plot.
Theatrical Release:Dec 14, 2007 Limited
Box Office: $146,307
Synopsis: Francis Ford Coppola returns to the director's chair for the first time in nearly a decade with his ambitious parable YOUTH WITHOUT YOUTH. Set in Romania on the eve of World War II, the tale begins... [More]
Starring: Tim Roth, Alexandra Maria Lara, Bruno Ganz, Andre Hennicke
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
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Reviews for Youth Without Youth
It would be easier to sit back and rest on his legend rather than press on as an average filmmaker, which is what Coppola has become.
02/21/08
An incomprehensible, pretentious, meandering mess -- so self-serious, it’s laughable.
12/12/07
Top CriticFor all its flaws and there aren't very many, with Youth Without Youth you know you’re in the hands of a master.
11/19/08
Coppola has gone uprriver again in an effort to reinvent himself and cinema in the process. He ultimately fails, but he can't be faulted for trying.
12/13/07
This film's playful visual language pulls you in rather than shuts you out; it isn't difficult to decipher, and it enables Coppola and his editor, Walter Murch, to navigate the story's many realms with a directness and dexterity that are refreshing.
01/25/08
It's impossible to say for sure, but the moral of the story could be: don't waste your time.
12/13/07
Youth Without Youth is a clear indication that Coppola is as far from a spent force as any world-class filmmaker can be.
12/12/07
I could not even begin to tell you what Youth Without Youth is about. I know it's my job to, but I can't. It's one of those art films you have to watch sometimes and you can't believe somebody actually made it.
12/16/07
If making "Youth Without Youth" helped to clean out the pipes for Francis Ford Coppola and spurs him on to do better films, then that's great. The film has served a purpose.
01/25/08
All those years making wine have clearly impacted on Coppola's storytelling abilities. Let's hope he recovers them before his next directorial outing.
12/14/07
I'm all for bold screwiness, but this provocation seems labored despite the striking images.
12/21/07
Top CriticYouth Without Youth proves that Francis Ford Coppola can still make a movie, but not that he still knows how to choose his projects.
12/21/07
Top CriticToo much of the film is a muddle, and it feels like work, not play.
12/21/07
Top CriticBorderline incomprehensible and often exasperatingly arty, Youth Without Youth is nevertheless a movie that, somehow, successfully conveys a great deal of heartbreak. It's a personal film in the best and worst senses.
12/13/07
Nem mesmo a bela fotografia e a impecável direção de arte conseguem salvar esta bagunça narrativa que, sob a desculpa de promover uma discussão metafísica, faz Coppola parecer um cineasta em início de carreira.
01/19/09
Youth from an old man's perspective has its rewards but isn't a perfect picture of wish-fulfillment.
11/02/07
Finds the filmmaker admirably working without a safety net
08/27/09
Francis Coppola's gasping adaptation of Mircea Eliade's out-of-print novella should provide the tipping point at which audiences start avoiding the exasperated genre of magical realism that crept into modern film vernacular with a vengeance.
11/24/07
In some ways, it's as unremarkable as The Rainmaker, but in other ways, it's far too astonishing and complex to be easily dismissed.
12/13/07
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