Youth Without Youth Details

[Highly rated reviewer]

Better than you might think

Ignore some of the bad reviews here, this is actually a very beautiful film. If you're looking for something along the lines of the Godfather or Apocalypse Now or some other bit of action, then of course, this ain't the film you want to see with a couple of beers. However, it's not confusing or messy in the slightest - it just messes around with ideas of dreams and hopes and possibilities and what-could-have-beens and what-might-be. It feels like a familiar and well-loved discourse into the meanings of death after unfulfilled lives, of knowledge versus love and hope - Faust for lovers! And without giving too much away, it's a very hopeful film. It surprised me actually - I wouldn't have thought of watching it but for the recommendation of a friend. I'm still digesting it, but so far I feel very uplifted - not something I get often from films.

Awful

I only watched half of this film. Very boring and staid. Do not recommend this. Not much plot and too unbelievable.