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  • 2014
  • R
  • Betta Pictures
  • 1 h 40 m
  • 2014
  • R
  • Betta Pictures
  • 1 h 40 m

Summary Set in a near future when water has become the most precious and dwindling resource on the planet, the hardened survivors of the loss of Earth’s precious resources scrape and struggle. Ernest Holm (Michael Shannon) lives on this harsh frontier with his children, Jerome (Kodi Smit McPhee)and Mary (Elle Fanning). He defends his farm from b...

Directed By: Jake Paltrow

Written By: Jake Paltrow

  • 2014
  • R
  • Betta Pictures
  • 1 h 40 m
  • 2014
  • R
  • Betta Pictures
  • 1 h 40 m

Young Ones

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 13 Critic Reviews
47
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 21 User Ratings
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Summary Set in a near future when water has become the most precious and dwindling resource on the planet, the hardened survivors of the loss of Earth’s precious resources scrape and struggle. Ernest Holm (Michael Shannon) lives on this harsh frontier with his children, Jerome (Kodi Smit McPhee)and Mary (Elle Fanning). He defends his farm from b...

Directed By: Jake Paltrow

Written By: Jake Paltrow

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Metascore
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38% Positive
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31% Negative
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38% Positive
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83
Oct 18, 2014
Young Ones and its serious, bone-dry approach won’t be for everyone. The picture is languidly paced, but its ideas, moods and tones strike many thought-provoking chords.
By Rodrigo Perez FULL REVIEW
70
Oct 16, 2014
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.
By Jeannette Catsoulis FULL REVIEW
67
Oct 16, 2014
Would that there were more beneath the surface of this strange brew, but it’s certainly compelling while it lasts.
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50
Jul 25, 2014
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.
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40
Jul 25, 2014
Paltrow shows a capable hand with the actors... However, the characters only intermittently engage our interest.
By David Rooney FULL REVIEW
30
Oct 16, 2014
Young Ones looks promising in the early going, when it’s relying on Shannon’s customary intensity and building its harsh, arid world. (Principal photography took place in South Africa.) Shannon quickly disappears, though, and that’s when the dreary plot kicks in.
By Mike D'Angelo FULL REVIEW
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Oct 15, 2014
Director Jake Paltrow’s stark sense of place fades as familiar genre elements are introduced. It winds up like “There Will Be Blood,” but with H2O, not oil. It’s food for thought, nothing more.
By Joe Neumaier FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Subotica, Spier Films, Quickfire Films, Bifrost Pictures, Six Sales, The Exchange, Saint Shadow, Bord Scannán na hÉireann / The Irish Film Board, Department of Trade and Industry of South Africa
Release Date Oct 17, 2014
Duration 1 h 40 m
Rating R
Genres
Tagline In a future without water vengeance will rain.
Website http://www.screenmedia.net/project/young-ones/
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Awards

Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Film Club's The Lost Weekend
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Munich Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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