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Being 17 rides the roiling emotions of adolescence through a coming-of-age melodrama whose narrative turbulence smartly reflects the confusion of its protagonists.
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If you can buy into the premise, good luck to you. I didn't. December 1, 2016 | Rating: 1/5 | Full Review…
If you can buy into the premise, good luck to you. I didn't.
Scott Marks
The screenplay is marred by clumsy foreshadowing and other contrivances, but Tchin and Sciamma have tapped into something genuine: the deep confusion at the dawn of sexuality. December 1, 2016 | Full Review…
The screenplay is marred by clumsy foreshadowing and other contrivances, but Tchin and Sciamma have tapped into something genuine: the deep confusion at the dawn of sexuality.
J. R. Jones
Age in Being 17 comes in awkward bursts, and yet the film moves sublimely. Director Tchin, 73 years old, is wise beyond his years. November 18, 2016 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
Age in Being 17 comes in awkward bursts, and yet the film moves sublimely. Director Tchin, 73 years old, is wise beyond his years.
Brad Wheeler
What elevates the film is not just its beautiful setting in the French Pyrenees but also how the beautiful mountain exteriors serve as a metaphor for characters' inner lives. November 10, 2016 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
What elevates the film is not just its beautiful setting in the French Pyrenees but also how the beautiful mountain exteriors serve as a metaphor for characters' inner lives.
Alan Zilberman
Few filmmakers have portrayed the messy reality of human desire and sexuality as consistently, as elegantly, and as powerfully as Andr Tchin. November 9, 2016 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
Few filmmakers have portrayed the messy reality of human desire and sexuality as consistently, as elegantly, and as powerfully as Andr Tchin.
Tirdad Derakhshani
Overwrought, confused, and melodramatic, it reflects well what it's like being 17. October 27, 2016 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
Overwrought, confused, and melodramatic, it reflects well what it's like being 17.
Peter Keough
Though it eventually turns to a more customary realm than initially promised, there's a refreshing verve and chemistry between its key players. October 2, 2019 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…
Though it eventually turns to a more customary realm than initially promised, there's a refreshing verve and chemistry between its key players.
Nicholas Bell
The film directed by André Téchiné also does a masterful job of capturing the confusion of adolescence and the general inability to put feelings into words at that age September 15, 2019 | Rating: 4.5/5 | Full Review…
The film directed by André Téchiné also does a masterful job of capturing the confusion of adolescence and the general inability to put feelings into words at that age
Alexander Ryll
Instead of three acts, Téchiné divides the story into three trimesters, and while the artificial constructs only pile on from there, very little about the film feels false. April 1, 2019 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…
Instead of three acts, Téchiné divides the story into three trimesters, and while the artificial constructs only pile on from there, very little about the film feels false.
Daniel Barnes
Being 17 is not easy, but I look forward to Being 18 all the same to see where these guys end up. February 8, 2019 | Full Review…
Being 17 is not easy, but I look forward to Being 18 all the same to see where these guys end up.
Michael McNeely
Being 17 is a thoughtful coming-of-age story with great performances, honest storytelling, beautiful cinematography and subtle direction that is sure to delight; if you can overlook its questionable morals. November 3, 2018 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Being 17 is a thoughtful coming-of-age story with great performances, honest storytelling, beautiful cinematography and subtle direction that is sure to delight; if you can overlook its questionable morals.
Harris Dang
Being 17 is an exploration of masculinity and sensitivity at an age of uncertainty. October 30, 2018 | Rating: 9/10 | Full Review…
Being 17 is an exploration of masculinity and sensitivity at an age of uncertainty.
Katrina Olson
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