The Best Of Youth
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Movie Reviews of The Best Of Youth
Movie Review: A Great Way to Spend 6 Hours!
Summary: 5 Stars
If you like getting engrossed in a great novel, you will love seeing "The Best of Youth". It's in Italian, with English subtitles, which do not detract from understanding and enjoying the interwoven plot. The story follows a family from 1966 to the present, covering a lot of ground with Italian political history and wonderful sweeping scenes of Tuscany (Florence), Rome, Turin and Sicily. At the Cinema Arts Center, in Huntington, NY, all six hours were shown in one day, with an hour break for an Italian-style dinner...to a sold out audience, on a snowy January Sunday! The film is a masterpiece! Even after six hours I wanted to continue with the story. Don't miss it on dvd!Movie Review: An Excellent Journey
Summary: 5 Stars
I stumbled on this film at 11:30PM last night on one of my cable stations and was TRANSFIXED for next the SIX hours as it captivated not only my attention but my heart.
What a saga...what interesting characters and portrayals...everyone casted was suberb and provided an endearing and haunting glimpse into the saga of this family over time.
I am exhausted from the unexpected all nighter...but first thing set out to own this film on DVD and watch it again, and again to explore even more of the nuances. Watch it, share it, own it.....it is a film masterpiece.
Movie Review: Awesome movie!
Summary: 5 Stars
Considering that the people in this story are everyday people, we quickly became interested in their lives. The acting is wonderful, easily making you forget that the characters are not in the room with you. As they age you see the history of Italy unfolding, watching it affect their lives for the good or bad. The family's love for each other is touching. My husband rented The Best of Youth, ended up telling me about it and got me interested. We kept it till I could see it and he watched it again with me, then bought it to keep--he NEVER buys DVD's--always rents. Obviously a great story!!Movie Review: The Best of Youth AND Middle Age
Summary: 5 Stars
This 6-hour film, originally made for Italian television, provides the same kind of leisurely pleasure that reading a really good 19th century novel does. You spend 40 years with the characters and by the time the film ends you have come to care, very deeply, about what happens to all of them. As a bonus, one of the film's many delights is its spectacular scenery. I loved Best of Youth so much that I immediately went online and bought my own CD - the first film I've ever wanted to own! And within a month, I watched it a second time with a friend. An absolutely lovely film!Movie Review: The Best Of Youth
Summary: 5 Stars
This film is beautifully directed, written and acted. It's a history, yet an intimate one, of over 40 years(1966-2001) in the lives of a group of friends. It takes place in Italy and the richness of the experiences of these brothers, their parents and friends creates a moving narrative set against the beauty of the Italian cities and the events of history during those violent decades. This film captures what Peter Brook describes as the "distance of myth and the intimacy of reality".
It's the best six hours I have spent in front of a TV set in many years.