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Francis Ford Coppola directs this fantasy drama set in pre-WWII Europe, about a professor who suffers a life-changing experience. When seventy-year-old academic Dominic (Tim Roth) is struck by lightning, his ageing process is thrown into reverse, rejuvenating his intellect and bestowing him with previously unknown mental powers. Now, finally able to conclude his studies into language and consciousness, he becomes the target of a host of foreign powers, all eager to learn the secrets the professor has acquired.
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By R. F. McDade
Format:DVD
Usually I can predict what is going to happen (more or less) after watching the first act of most films, but Youth Without Youth rips up the usual template and attempts to take you on a journey where the end is never in sight. It isn't wholly successful but is never less than stimulating and involving. It is the polar opposite of 99.9% of other films - the narrative is linear and yet manages to suggest that time is anything but. The ending is beautiful, explaining all yet at the same time throwing into doubt everything you have just watched. If Daniel Day-Lewis had played the lead in this film it would have had accolades heaped upon it. As it is, Tim Roth does his best to hold things together but - by his own admission - he does not quite understand what the director was trying to say and it shows. I was utterly captivated by this film. Deeply flawed but still wonderful, this is a glorious, crazy mess of a masterpiece.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
By Farah Yousif
Format:DVD
For me: this film is either a work of absolute genius or is a surreal waste of time. The film captures your attention at the start; I like the `shock' element of seeing Tim Roth doubling in personality - this was done very well and adds a `dark' element to the film that keeps you on edge. The film also contains originality in that it's difficult for me to think of another film through which it can be compared.
The themes covered are interesting e.g. conflict between `good and evil', and the exploration of the origins of language appealed to me as a linguist. Unfortunately, I think there were too many ideas in the film and each one wasn't portrayed in enough depth. The plot lacked some-what and at the end of the film I felt a bit cheated because I was expecting something `more'. Overall: worth seeing but perhaps not owning.
The themes covered are interesting e.g. conflict between `good and evil', and the exploration of the origins of language appealed to me as a linguist. Unfortunately, I think there were too many ideas in the film and each one wasn't portrayed in enough depth. The plot lacked some-what and at the end of the film I felt a bit cheated because I was expecting something `more'. Overall: worth seeing but perhaps not owning.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By deepblue
Format:DVD
The film is a very clumsy adaptation of one of Mircea Eliade's novellas. Mostly bad acting but actually the acting is not the main problem of the film. The director was simply not able to deliver a quality film altough the ideas behind it are extremely interesting.
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Mysterious without being mystical
Filmed in various locations on the Continent and north-east India, this is a highbrow film that will appeal to students of language, especially of the origin and development of... Read more
Published 1 month ago by joholin
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A master's masterful touch
I don't know if you're into metaphysics, mythology, psychology, and Eastern philosophy. If these things interest you, you will probably love this movie. Read more
Published 20 months ago by L. Power
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Confusing
Perhaps I should not review this film as I did not fully understand it all due to it being very complicated. Read more
Published on 15 May 2010 by Craig
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What to do with Time? the supreme ambiguity of the human condition
This is the latest, and who knows perhaps even the last, from the supreme master film maker, Francis Ford Coppola. Read more
Published on 21 Dec 2009 by John Ferngrove
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Empty and pretentious, but some nice photography
An elderly professor is struck by lightning outside a railway station in Romania in 1938, is taken to a clinic, and begins to turn into a young man - the process beginning with his... Read more
Published on 29 Nov 2008 by Triestino
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Coppola's modern masterpiece
Coppola's modern masterpiece if you have the brains and patience for it. Tim Roth just about holds it altogether.
Published on 7 Feb 2008 by Alister King
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