Young Ones

"In a future without water, vengeance will rain."

2014 1h 40m EN

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5.8

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★5.8TMDB · 344

WesternActionDramaScience Fiction

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

“In a future without water, vengeance will rain.”

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Cast

Michael Shannon
Ernest Holm
Nicholas Hoult
Flem Lever
Elle Fanning
Mary Holm
Kodi Smit-McPhee
Jerome Holm
Aimee Mullins
Katherine Holm
Christy Pankhurst
Robbie
Alex McGregor
Sooz
Robert Hobbs
Caleb

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Jake Paltrow
Writers: Jake Paltrow
Languages: English
Countries: South Africa, United States of America, Ireland

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ERA

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Released 12 years ago.

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WORLD

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International production across 3 countries: South Africa, United States of America, Ireland.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Jake Paltrow, shot by Giles Nuttgens. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Nathan Johnson. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Matt Mayer shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Michael Shannon and Nicholas Hoult and Elle Fanning carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "In a future without water, vengeance will rain.".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt2693664 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Jake Paltrow directs. Giles Nuttgens behind the camera. Nathan Johnson scores. Matt Mayer cuts. Produced in South Africa, United States of America, Ireland. Dialogue in English.

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Things worth knowing

1Released 12 years ago.
2International production across 3 countries: South Africa, United States of America, Ireland.
3Directed by Jake Paltrow, shot by Giles Nuttgens. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Nathan Johnson. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Matt Mayer shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Michael Shannon and Nicholas Hoult and Elle Fanning carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "In a future without water, vengeance will rain.".
8IMDB entry: tt2693664 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 12 themes, including "future", "dystopia", "rain", "love".
10Released under 13 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Giles Nuttgens
Original score: Nathan Johnson
Editing: Matt Mayer
Production design: Sharon Lomofsky
Costume design: Diana Cilliers
Runtime: 100 min · 1h 40m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Young Ones (2014)

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CinemaSerf2024-05-15
★ 6/10
No pun intended, but this is a really dry drama that assembles a decent enough cast but struggles with a really thin story. Climate change has played havoc with the water supply and so a sort of bartering arrangement has evolved between those who control the piped distribution and those who need to drink! Farmer "Ernest" (Michael Shannon) and his family are still trying to make a go of things amongst an environment of extortion and banditry - but he has one advantage. A machine that can do much of the manual work for them and one that proves useful when it comes to trading for water. Daughter "Mary" (Elle Fanning) has a boyfriend "Clem" (Nicholas Hoult) whom her father neither likes nor trusts, and when an accident occurs on a trip the two men take into the mountains, the young son "Jerome" (Kodi Smit-McPhee) gradually begins to smell a rat. With "Clem" now married to his sister, though, it is tough for "Jerome" to take his revenge. It's all perfectly adequate this in a sort of "Mad Max" light fashion, but there is little by way of characterisation and neither Hoult nor Smit-McPhee have very much to work with as the glaring sun and environmental challenges ram home much more of the message here the any of the writing does. It's adequately enough produced and edited but is really little better than afternoon television fodder that you'll quickly forget - even if you were in it.

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