63
Metascore
27 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- Young & Beautiful is mysterious and erotic, though the ending may leave some as cold as Isabelle.
- 90The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyThe Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyA fascinating contemplation of adolescent sexuality that will be a star-making platform for its young lead, Marine Vacth.
- 80The TelegraphRobbie CollinThe TelegraphRobbie CollinFrançois Ozon’s Young & Beautiful is, in the very best sense, a film that won't add up.
- 80VarietyLeslie FelperinVarietyLeslie FelperinA nuanced, emotionally temperate study of a precocious youth.
- 80EmpireEmpireAnother typically assured piece of work from Ozon with a showstopping turn from newcomer Vacth.
- 80Total FilmJames MottramTotal FilmJames MottramOzon keeps the melodrama at bay to deliver a typically subversive study of growing pains. And in Vacth he’s found a real star-in-waiting.
- 60Time Out LondonDave CalhounTime Out LondonDave CalhounIt's to Ozon's credit that he never serves up easy answers.
- 60The GuardianPeter BradshawThe GuardianPeter BradshawFrançois Ozon's new film is a luxurious fantasy of a young girl's flowering: a very French and very male fantasy, like the pilot episode of the world's classiest soap opera... But this is well-crafted and well-acted.
- 50The PlaylistKevin JagernauthThe PlaylistKevin JagernauthOzon wants to have it both ways with Young & Beautiful, using a young woman's risk-filled sexual awakening as an illustration of coming-of-age, while also demanding a realism from a situation that he keeps far from being rationalized and justified.