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Only the Young

  • 20122012
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  • 1h 12m
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6.5/10
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Only the Young (2012)
A documentary on three teenagers living in a small desert town in Southern California dominated by foreclosed homes and underpasses, unfilled swimming pools and skate parks.
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A documentary on three teenagers living in a small desert town in Southern California.A documentary on three teenagers living in a small desert town in Southern California.A documentary on three teenagers living in a small desert town in Southern California.
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
414
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  • Directors
    • Elizabeth Mims
    • Jason Tippet
  • Stars
    • Garrison Saenz
    • Kevin Conway
    • Skye Elmore
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  • Directors
    • Elizabeth Mims
    • Jason Tippet
  • Stars
    • Garrison Saenz
    • Kevin Conway
    • Skye Elmore
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    • 4User reviews
    • 23Critic reviews
    • 71Metascore
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    • Awards
      • 4 wins & 8 nominations

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    Garrison Saenz
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    Kevin Conway
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    Skye Elmore
    • Selfas Self
    Samantha MacDonald
    • Selfas Self
    Kristen Cheriegate
    • Selfas Self
    Shannon Hudson
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    Robin Levy
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      • Elizabeth Mims
      • Jason Tippet
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    • Quotes

      Elmore, Skye: Everything that goes into your life never comes out,

      Elmore, Skye: Just like me.

      Saenz, Garrison: Like a stain.

      Elmore, Skye: And no Tide can get rid of it.

      Elmore, Skye: I got involved in being your friend,

      Elmore, Skye: and now I'm stuck in your black hole, and you couldn't get rid of me if you tried.

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    9/10
    Remembering Aimless Saturdays
    A gorgeous doc full of real-life silences and texture. The other reviewers here missed the point of this thing... It's got no story to tell, and there should be no anticipation of story (or "point") just as there should be little hope for a plot from a short poem with the name of a flower for a title.

    The lack of direction, and therefore pointless nature of the conversations and situations is the focus here. Where do parties lead? Nowhere. Usually to an empty, lonely feeling once the tumult passes. Where do young romances lead? Nowhere, but usually to an empty, lonely feeling once the tumult passes.

    These are real kids. I'm 41, own a house and have kids, but I recall these ambling afternoons with clarity, the days when it seems like a car might really change your life and who your friend just kissed presents possible calamity.

    Hitchcock said "Drama is life with the dull bits cut out." This doc set out to put those dull bits in amber for these kids, in a mostly objective manner, therefore speaking to a much wider net about these weird, quietly raging times, completely forgotten by people who are now more interested in 401Ks and their new petty issues.

    My only real problem with the film is that it's too gorgeous to be immediate (I thought several times, "How'd they capture this without having staged the shot?" ...and one or two edits sniff of manipulation).
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    • Jul 18, 2013

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    • Release date
      • March 1, 2012 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
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    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Santa Clarita, California, USA
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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $15,312
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $1,446
      • Dec 9, 2012
    • Gross worldwide
      • $15,312
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      1 hour 12 minutes
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      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo

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