Film Recommendation

Just returned from seeing a new movie called Youth

It stars Michael Caine,Harvey Keitel. Rachel Weisz and Jane Fonda. Beautifully written and directed by Paolo Sorrentino whose 2013 foreign film The Great Beauty was a treat and won both a Oscar and Golden Globe as Best Foreign Film. A wonderful character study with Caine's best role in a while and a small but vital role by Fonda

Definitely recommend it.

Sneaking in amid the fanfare for popcorn movies and prestige year-end artistic fare. Why didn't they release this in, say, August, when the marketplace was so lacking in adult (boomer) fare? You'd think they might've pulled a "Marigold Hotel" and found a really willing niche audience in late summer. December is a terrible time to push this, as the awards season is already crowded. I don't understand these decisions. It's playing in a suburban NYC town 5 miles from mine.

The December release is purely to boost its Oscar prospects. Critics really responded to it and the distributor is running a good campaign for Jane Fonda and screenplay to get nominated. The film might have found an audience in August, but it would have been most likely forgotten by awards season with much splashier films following. Now, it stands out for not being a super typical awards contender.

Love Sorrentino's other work (I must be the only person who liked This Must Be the Place), so I'm very excited for this.

I have seen The Great Beauty. It's problematic in that it's intentionally derivative of movies that it could never be as good as (mostly La Dolce Vita), but I really did like it. Il Divo is also very good.

Dano was indeed kind of meh.Enjoyed the movie as a whole.Glad you enjoyed it. What did you think of Fonda's hands?

If they were hers untouched OUCH

I know but I am just surprised if she did not see the footage that she did not ask it be cleaned up a bit. If we are lucky, we all get to be her age and generally look as well as she does. It was just a bit of a shock is all.

Forgot all about the Cow sequence . Glad you enjoyed it. Was it me or did Keitel look like Geraldo Rivera?

I missed Caine

I liked the part of the women on the hill with Keitel. Cannot believe a guy coming out of the movie saying it was the worst piece of **** he had ever seen in his life.

Oh well, no accounting for taste or lack thereof.Same happens on Broadway.

Updated On: 12/21/15 at 09:14 PM

I have seen many a pretentious movie in my day and Youth was not one of them.

That's the way it goes sometimes. Many times, the better the reviews are the more the film goes in the crapper.Liked the explanation of life Keitel has by the stationary binoculars on the lookout point. Cinematography here at least deserves a nomination.

Life goes on.

Updated On: 12/21/15 at 10:54 PM

The Danish Girl was terrible. Tacky, boring, and downright offensive. Eddie Redmayne cried for 2 hours and apparently that means he's worthy of an award.