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Information
- Year
- 2014
- Runtime
- 100 min.
- Director
- Jake Paltrow
- Genres
- Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Western
- Rating *
- 5.9
- Votes *
- 6,771
- Checks
- 314
- Favs
- 12
- Dislikes
- 8
- Favs/checks
- 3.8% (1:26)
- Favs/dislikes
- 2:1
Top comments
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Siskoid
Young Ones is a family saga set in a near future when water has gotten scarce and farmland is dying, shot like a washed-out western (though those stylish flourishes are perhaps a bit too precious). Three chapters each focus on a different man, starting strong with the ever-watchable Michael Shannon, before moving on to son-in-law and son. The catalyst in each of their stories is the main science fiction element, a walking machine that does the work of a pack animal, but also watches, unemotionally and relentlessly, with its electric eye. There's something of a lull in the middle, perhaps, but Kodi Smit-McPhee, who isn't one his first postapocalypse - just look at this kid's filmography - is the heart of the film and carries you through to the end, his chapter actually managing to expand the wide, but in reality tiny world of the film whose theme is blame, and just how we can stop sin from plucking on sin. The "machine" may be the only one able to. 7 years 4 months ago -
neocowboy
I like the low key, tonally flexible score reminiscent of Michael Nyman. 8 years 4 months ago