Synopsis
In a future where water is scarce, a farmer defends his land and hopes to rejuvenate his parched soil. However, his daughter's boyfriend schemes to steal the land for himself.
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Cast
- Michael ShannonErnest Holm
- Nicholas HoultFlem Lever
- Elle FanningMary Holm
- Kodi Smit-McPheeJerome Holm
- Aimee MullinsKatherine Holm
- Christy PankhurstRobbie
- Alex McGregorSooz
- Robert HobbsCaleb
- David ButlerSam Lever
- David ClatworthyCalvin Hooyman
Recommendations
- 75
Slant Magazine
It avoids the typical trappings of the genre pastiche by utilizing its clear indebtedness to numerous other films as merely a starting point, rather than an end. - 70
Village Voice
Young Ones is an old-fashioned, worthwhile curio down to the closing credits. - 70
The New York Times
This spare but potent melodrama revels in the desiccated landscapes provided by South Africa and photographed with dusty purity by Giles Nuttgens. Through his lens, the spectrum of sunbaked skin and parched dunes is as rich as any rainbow. - 67
The A.V. Club
Would that there were more beneath the surface of this strange brew, but it’s certainly compelling while it lasts. - 50
IndieWire
The way it reaches to find the humanity in a place devoid of hope shows admirable attempt at a singular vision. But Paltrow overestimates the timeless nature of the story. - 50
Variety
The sophomore effort from Jake Paltrow (“The Good Night”) gets so bogged down in its primal tale of murder and revenge that the most intriguing elements become little more than futuristic window dressing. - 40
The Hollywood Reporter
Paltrow shows a capable hand with the actors... However, the characters only intermittently engage our interest. - 40
Los Angeles Times
Paltrow's kitchen-sink visual sense may keep your eyes engaged, but it sucks dry any inherent drama, leaving you with a bunch of characters who feel pegged by a conjurer rather than nurtured from a wretched new Earth.
