The Best of Youth

Name: The Best of Youth
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: March 2, 2005
Duration: 180 min
Rating: 89
Cast: Alessio Boni, Jasmine Trinca, Luigi Lo Cascio

2005

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Movie Details & Credits

Miramax Films | Release Date: March 2, 2005

Starring: Alessio Boni, Jasmine Trinca, Luigi Lo Cascio

Summary: Spanning four decades, from the chaotic 1960s to the present, this passionate epic follows two Italian brothers through some of the most tumultuous events of recent Italian history. [Miramax]

Director: Marco Tullio Giordana

Genre(s): Drama, Romance

Rating: R

Runtime: 180 min

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1	#1 Best Movie of 2005
56	#56 Most Discussed Movie of 2005

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100

San Francisco Chronicle - Mick LaSalle

So in-depth, so appealing, so easy to sit through and so anomalously grand scale that few who see it will ever forget it. Read full review

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Los Angeles Times - Kenneth Turan

Those who see it will, quite frankly, not believe their luck. It is that satisfying, that engrossing, that good. Read full review

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Christian Science Monitor - David Sterritt

This is epic filmmaking on a profoundly human scale, directed to perfection and magnificently acted by everyone in sight. Read full review

The New Yorker - Anthony Lane

The Best of Youth takes its chance--almost unheard of, these days--to bloom and unfurl like a novel. Read full review

Boston Globe - Ty Burr

A slowly flowering miracle: an epic of normal life. Read full review

The New York Times - Dana Stevens

Full of nuance and complexity, but it is also as accessible and engrossing as a grand 19th-century novel. Read full review

The Globe and Mail (Toronto) - Rick Groen

If you've got six hours to invest watching superior television in a movie theatre, then spend the time wisely with The Best of Youth. Read full review

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PaulK.

Oct 10, 2005

Until I see Capote and the rest of the so-called "vaunted" films arriving between now and the end of the year, The Best of Youth is not only my favorite film of 2005, it is for me one of the great film experiences of my life, a supremely involving masterpiece that pulls you in and holds you Until I see Capote and the rest of the so-called "vaunted" films arriving between now and the end of the year, The Best of Youth is not only my favorite film of 2005, it is for me one of the great film experiences of my life, a supremely involving masterpiece that pulls you in and holds you in its grip for all of its 6 hours.… Expand