Young Ones

R

Released Oct 17, 2014

1 hr. 39 min.

Drama

Sci-Fi

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47%

36 Reviews

Tomatometer

37%

1,000+ Ratings

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In a future where water is scarce, a farmer (Michael Shannon) 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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Critics Consensus

Visually compelling but narratively barren, Young Ones adds little to the dystopian Western genre.

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Akhand T

Best movie for adventure. My mind is still thinking about movie.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/20/24

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Prashant P

Movie is very good, everyone should be watch this movie

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/20/24

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Ahsan A

ery good moovi Very good moovi

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/20/24

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PARWEZ A

Young Ones has some interesting twists but falls short as a reworking of a classic Hollywood oater.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/20/24

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jahid h

Dramatic, totally wholesome , go and enjoy the movie l. What an fantastic movie it is

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/20/24

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Audience Member

Not great, not bad 2.9

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/09/23

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Jake Paltrow

Director

Michael Shannon

Ernest Holm

Nicholas Hoult

Flem Lever

Elle Fanning

Mary Holm

Kodi Smit-McPhee

Jerome Holm

Andy McPhee

Jay

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Henry Barnes

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There hasn't been as convincing a sci-fi dustbowl story since the original Mad Max.

Rated: 4/5

Apr 30, 2015

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Liam Lacey

Globe and Mail

In the hot, dry world of Jake Paltrow's dystopian western, Young Ones, the characterizations are as sparse as the desert foliage.

Rated: 2/4

Oct 31, 2014

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David Lewis

San Francisco Chronicle

"Young Ones" is a futuristic look at a world with little water, but the most barren thing in this Western-sci-fi flick is the character development.

Rated: 1/4

Oct 30, 2014

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Don Shanahan

Every Movie Has a Lesson

It's "Mad Max" with less accents, hipster/vintage fashion instead of embarrassing rejects from an S&M catalog, and, regrettably, fewer gallons of movie-compelling fuel to push any envelopes.

Rated: 2/5

Apr 12, 2021

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Richard Crouse

Richard Crouse

It's an ambitious attempt at redefining what has become of the dystopian genre, but despite some good work from Shannon it's a bland, bone dry movie.

Rated: 2.5/5

Feb 2, 2021

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Nicholas Bell

IONCINEMA.com

A lot of intriguing ideas are at work here, but they're jammed around a vapid narrative, making Young Ones unfortunately rather stale and narratively dehydrated.

Rated: 2/5

Sep 6, 2019

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Synopsis

In a future where water is scarce, a farmer (Michael Shannon) defends his land and hopes to rejuvenate his parched soil. However, his daughter's boyfriend schemes to steal the land for himself.

Director: Jake Paltrow
Executive Producer: James Atherton, Robert Ogden Barnum, Marina Fuentes, Peter Garde, Nathan Johnson
Screenwriter: Jake Paltrow
Distributor: Screen Media Films
Production Co: Spier Films
Rating: R (Some Violence|Language)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 17, 2014, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 13, 2015

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