If our understanding of the losses these characters have suffered feels incomplete, it's hard to come away entirely unaffected as these men and women look back at their young adulthood and the whirlwind of historical change against which it played out.
As a straight, sentimental melodrama, "Youth" works well. While there are a lot of conventional tropes, the cast enacts them with such fresh, tenderhearted sincerity that they regain some power.
though the grander themes will translate for audiences across the globe, Feng's Spielbergian desire to over-sentimentalise every scene means that overall, Youth is more frustrating than affecting.
The overall tone of sorrow here comes from more than nostalgia; you're left with a sense that all that idealistic pulling together and doing without was beautiful, in a way.
好影片还缺画龙点睛的一笔,缺少故事和演员与观众的链接。剧本,导演,包括演员需要 more sophiscated, wiser,more logical,,,需要多读点书吧。中国编剧和导演使用感性太多,理性太少,煽情煽的失去逻辑。
剧本是中国影视最大短板,演员是最长的长板,默默无闻有才华的演员真多。编剧导演的人文精神和理念距现代社会还有差距。
“breaks your heart in all the wrong ways.” - 中国影视还需要上一个台阶,可能是最难上的一个台阶。
段奕宏在和周迅那个节目聊的时候,特别强调,在最后还是要让理性指导自己的呈现,虽然这之前一定会有感性在起作用。
可惜,现在演艺界意识到这一点的不多,包括编剧导演和演员。
韩国那些家长里短的电视剧,也很好看啊。广电对这种没处下剪刀吧,也没见国内编的过韩国啊。
我们有广电总局整天都是出轨,小三,情夫,脱离生活的“白领”装x剧。。。。。。。
影视最低的底线是给观众一个正确的价值观,现在的国剧有几部能做到。
It will probably break your heart in all the wrong ways.
December 15, 2017 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review… Simon Abrams RogerEbert.com Top CriticIf our understanding of the losses these characters have suffered feels incomplete, it's hard to come away entirely unaffected as these men and women look back at their young adulthood and the whirlwind of historical change against which it played out.
December 14, 2017 | Full Review… Justin Chang Los Angeles Times Top CriticAs a straight, sentimental melodrama, "Youth" works well. While there are a lot of conventional tropes, the cast enacts them with such fresh, tenderhearted sincerity that they regain some power.
December 14, 2017 | Full Review… Glenn Kenny New York Times Top CriticFeng [snakes] his camera exuberantly though scenes that highlight colorful costumes, dynamic choreography and beautiful chorines.
December 13, 2017 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review… Mark Jenkins Washington Post Top CriticYouth, for all its technical prowess, is perhaps the director's most melancholy and pessimistic film about Chinese society yet.
November 4, 2017 | Full Review… Clarence Tsui Hollywood Reporter Top CriticThe film serves as a paean to idealism and endurance, yet the word "heart-breaking" comes to mind scene after scene.
September 9, 2017 | Full Review… Maggie Lee Variety Top Criticthough the grander themes will translate for audiences across the globe, Feng's Spielbergian desire to over-sentimentalise every scene means that overall, Youth is more frustrating than affecting.
December 15, 2017 | Full Review… Chloe Walker Film InquiryThe overall tone of sorrow here comes from more than nostalgia; you're left with a sense that all that idealistic pulling together and doing without was beautiful, in a way.
December 14, 2017 | Full Review… Ken Eisner Georgia StraightYouth is as sentimental as it is accomplished...
September 14, 2017 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review… Christopher Machell CineVueThis sweeping saga of a generation marked by political and social upheaval is told with a combination of virtuoso filmmaking and unrelenting schmaltz.
September 8, 2017 | Full Review… Allan Hunter Screen International