Masterly

Rating: 10/10 (14 December 2015)

This is the work of a master, a unique voice in world cinema. Whether it's as magnificent an achievement as his previous feature, The Great Beauty, time will tell. When dealing with film-making on this level the increments of mastery are so close together they can be safely ignored.
Michael Caine, Harvey Keitel, Rachel Weisz and Paul Dano head the cast. All are superb, with Caine in particular excelling - it's not at all surprising that he has won the European Film Award for best actor. May it be one of many such accolades for this performance.
What is perhaps particularly astonishing about Youth is its immense sympathy for those who are twice the age of its director/writer. His compassion is clear in every frame of his movie. As an old guy myself, I'm grateful for that.