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That was an excellent one.

Wow! What a bizarre film! Unfortunately the few funny moments there were were quite overshadowed by it's completely weird and random vibe throughout.

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

Before anyone gets a wrong idea that I am not a fan of French cinema, I have to say that I am quite the opposite, and it is with that state of mind that I approached this film. I really wanted to like it, and was willing to forgive many small and even some bigger mistakes. But, when an entire film is based on an unbelievable premise due to lack of motivation (and clear presence of repulsion toward such!), and when everything that follows is portrayed with distinct sense of repulsion, all of it wrapped up in a poor story, and even poorer observation of characters, there is really not much to celebrate here. The only reason I give this film three stars is Marine Vatch who was absolutely superb in her understated performance. Other than that, most everything was disappointing, from start to finish. The story could have been interesting if it better written. However, as it is, there is nothing to root for, nothing to discover, nothing to gain from watching what amounts to "watching the paint dry". It is slow, bordering with boring all the time, and the worst of all - empty. Devoid of any real emotion, good or bad. It is ennui at its worst. The ending missed a great opportunity for redemption, the middle part missed a great opportunity for some introspection, and the beginning missed a decent setup - as to why is the she doing the stuff she is doing... unless, of course, all you are after is a typical middle aged men's wet fantasy of a teenage girl who loves to get in bed with them. It appears that "Jeune and Jollie" is a thinly veiled attempt at selling us some sex as "deep and understated". It is neither deep nor understated, it is simply shallow and pointless. And yes, Marine is gorgeous, dressed or naked. I prefer her dressed as those other scenes were done in such poor taste I had to look away (literally). Not recommended at all, except as an insight into how quickly French cinema is failing.

This turned up on Netflix and I watched it mostly because Charlotte Rampling was in it; I'd not just watch Rampling read a phone book, I'd be okay with her just kind of standing around holding one. However, I expected an exploitation flick, and to a certain extent, that's what this is, but not altogether. There is a lot going on in this here Un De Film.Yeah, it's kind of about some drop-dead gorgeous French teenager from a well-off Euro-prog family inexplicably deciding to become a hooker, and the movie makes no effort to explain, in words, why; and that seems to bother a lot of reviewers. I kind of half-watched it until the scene where Isabelle has sex for the first time, and then was really and truly appalled. In my real life, I've had a young woman (not a girlfriend, more of a sister... hard to explain) describe a supposedly consensual experience in exactly these terms: looking at herself, it wasn't happening to her, etc. and in real life she was unable to explain to me WHY she found the experience so devastating. She insisted the encounter was consensual and absolutely not the guy's fault. But she clearly suffered a deeply traumatic experience, and it did affect her in a very, very serious way. I asked her about after a time and how she felt, and she answered with the following declaration, with a grim facial expression: "It doesn't matter, what's one f*** more or less." And then continued in sexual behavior that clearly she was unhappy with. To say I was horrified is a gross understatement. So I've dealt with a very similar situation. My take is that some people, regardless of biological status or physical age, simply do not have the emotional maturity to have truly consensual sex with another person at certain stages. Not everyone really matures at identical rates; and after a number of years of thinking, it seems to me that some people engage in sex because they feel it to be a societal norm, and if they don't, they feel they're not 'normal'. The woman, too, in real life, was a knock-out; an extremely beautiful woman, so much so it was a pain to do social things with her due to the constant advances she'd get. Men (and some women) would just lose their minds. She was also European, from that Euro-prog environment depicted in this movie.When Isabelle accepts the offer of money-for-sex, did it occur to anyone it might be a (traumatic) response to the knowledge she's expected to engage in sex due to her society, but doesn't enjoy the 'act' at all, or at least with another person? And that the money (which is shown as not really about the money) serves as symbolic compensation for a socially- expected act she finds demeaning, shaming, and humiliating? The money then acts as a kind of 'control': SHE is in charge, SHE decides who she has sex with, SHE controls the set-up of the situation. The one episode of 'bad sex' she has, isn't an assault or rape but the john not paying her properly, and she is shown having an angry tantrum. Like the little kid she really is, inside.Seeing it this way, the mother leaving condoms out for her, encouraging her to have 'normal' sex with 'nice boys', is gross and appalling: how is the mother not just pimping Isabelle out, herself? Inviting these boys to the dinner table, into their house? Into the family? Why doesn't she just invite one of Isabelle's johns while she's at it? The question of, "Why would you have sex for money?" is then morphed in Isabelle's mind into, "Why would any woman have sex for free?" The party scene would have been much clearer if, like the apartment in FIGHT CLUB with the furniture, there had been little pop-ups from Isabelle's mind pricing out all the fumbling sexual behavior she sees... before she leaves the party in obvious disgust. To meet a 'nice boy' she refuses to have sex with, or at least not right away. All I can say is, I half-agree with the reviewer from Turkey, about the indictment of 'vapid Western culture', insofar as it's my firm belief that no single culture is one-size-fits-all. Some women are perfectly fine with a culture of open, early, sexuality; some women are just not. And that social expectations are an extremely powerful thing that can really damage people very badly. I hated the depicted, so-called 'parents' in this movie: what a pack of insipid, clueless fools, stuffing their 'free' value system down the throat of their own daughter, who can't cope with it. About the only character that really came across well was the younger brother. Oh: Charlotte Rampling was smashing.

Young & Beautiful is one of François Ozon's few completely serious movies, without even the gentle humor of In the House. This will appeal more to fans of Time to Leave or Under the Sand than to fans of 8 Women, for example - unless you love every movie he's ever made, as I do.This is the marvelously well written, directed, photographed and acted story of a beautiful girl named Isabelle, from a prosperous and loving middle-class family, who turns 17 during the course of the movie. She and her younger brother Victor are best friends.She has a strong sex drive but quickly discovers that she doesn't really enjoy the act itself. Her body insists on doing it, and she's in high demand because of her extraordinary beauty, so she goes online and turns it into a part-time job on weekdays after school. She does it more to channel her frighteningly strong drive into something productive than for the money - which seems to me like a remarkably intelligent and sensible decision for a 17-year-old. No one has any idea that she's doing it, even Victor.Everything goes well until the police investigation of a sudden but natural death involves her, and the cops tell her mother. Since she's a minor, she's legally a victim, not a criminal, but the proverbial stuff hits the fan anyway.Besides Ozon's brilliance and skill, which are remarkably consistent across the wide range of genres he experiments with, this movie is extraordinary for three wonderful performances. First is Marine Vacth as Isabelle. It's rare and delightful when a great beauty turns out to be greatly talented as well.Second is Fantin Ravat as her little brother Victor. Theirs is the strongest, healthiest, most interesting and most gratifying sibling relationship I've ever seen.Third is Charlotte Rampling as the wife of one of Isabelle's clients. The scene between her and Vacth is like a cinematic jewel, full of beauty and magic. Those two powerful women and Ozon raise an already very good movie into the heavens. Fantastic.

The story goes nowhere and ends fizzling out. In the movie, juvenile prostitution is presented as an innocent passage in the life of young adolescent girls. Some sort of victimless game. The plot is very weak and the characters lack consistency. They are vague and their role is not clear.Spoiler ***Everything revolve about insane sex and heavy lies***. The scenario is not credible nor convincing. At times, the movie seems a documentary of some sort. With this production, it is obvious that François Ozon pleased himself filming young and pretty Marine Vacth from every conceivable angles. Those who don't share the enthusiasm of François Ozon for the sex-appeal of Marine will not find any interest here.