Paris Loves ‘Young@Heart’ in the Summer When it Sizzles
Stephen Walker’s terrific documentary Young@Heart took both the jury prize and the audience award at the just concluded 6th Annual Paris International Film Festival.
The inspiring story of the chorus of senior citizens who perform songs by artists ranging from Sonic Youth to Jimi Hendrix before delighted audiences around the world first took the audience prize at the 2007 Los Angeles Film Festival. It was released in the US in April 2008 and continues to make its way through theaters. You can read the LiC 4-star review here.
Source: Variety
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Still cannot wait to see that. I think I am one of the only people left who have not seen it.
I’m glad you reviewed this Craig, otherwise I might not have seen it. I really enjoyed it though.
Ditto to Joel’s remark. When I saw the trailer for it I was like “nah”. It seemed like a cheesy “old people singing rock music” comedy. I’m glad I read your review and am extremely glad that I saw the film.
I’m glad to see that it’s getting its well-deserved accolades.
I think I already told you the story of how I ran from it screaming when it played LAFF even though everyone was saying how great it was.
Just goes to show ya.
Exactly my response, Alison. Glad to know I wasn’t alone.
I must issue my sincerest apologies for not liking this film as much as the others on LIC, and I know I am mainly a minority voice. But I generally like this type of film, I just wish it wasn’t as disjointed and unfocused as it was. True, that wheelchair song near the end with that heavy man with enphasema belching out that ballad had you in tears, and the poignancy of the two people expiring while the documentary was being made, left a haunting impression, but in the hands of an accomplished documentarian this could have truly been great.
But there were very moving moments and the entire concept was affecting. Not one of the year’s better docs, but still a film worth seeing.
Great review as usual.
No reason to apologize for a valid opinion, Sam. I think Matthew found a valid flaw in Walker’s tendency to avoid certain issues as well. I’m a sucker for poignant songs, though.
Why am I surprised that Paris has only had a film festival for six years?