Review: 'youth' A Captivating Portrait Of Friendship, Aging

Superheroes and franchise blockbusters may dominate the multiplex, but Paolo Sorrentino's "Youth" is a reminder of the touching, unexpected and unusual places movies can go. Despite its title, the film centers on a relationship between two octogenarians, and presents people of all ages, sizes and appearances as worthy of interest and love. The film's idyllic setting is a vintage health spa in the Swiss Alps that offers nightly live entertainment and daily nude hot-pool soaks amid breathtaking mountain landscapes. The obese soccer player gasps for breath with each step but yearns to kick the ball. Sorrentino tapped Pulitzer Prize-winning composer David Lang to create Fred's music and the film's score (his first), and crafted a varied soundtrack with such artists as Mark Kozelek, David Byrne and Grammy-winning Korean soprano Sumi Jo. With its artful soundtrack, excellent performances and big questions about life, fear and creativity, the musical and narrative themes of "Youth" play on long after the film ends. Youth," a Fox Searchlight Pictures release, is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for "graphic nudity, some sexuality and language.

 

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