Young, Beautiful and Screwed Up

2003
4.8| 1h32m| en| More Info
Released: 12 December 2003 Released
Producted By: Studio Babelsberg
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A young boy from the south of France falls madly in love with a posh Parisian girl and follows her for crazy adventures to the big city.

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Redwarmin This movie is the proof that the world is becoming a sick and dumb place
Steineded How sad is this?
Beanbioca As Good As It Gets
Pacionsbo Absolutely Fantastic
lisa-561 I enjoyed this French teenage flick thoroughly. I saw it in Aspen during the comedy festival alongside 30 people who laughed their heads off. The humor is witty and travels well. There is a fair deal of gross out humor but not too much. It's not the point. The movie is of a higher quality than usual teenage flicks although it definitely belongs to the genre. I recognized some actors from Amelie and Jean-Pierre Jeunet films. The film's fast paced, colorful, the soundtrack is outstanding with some major A list US artists. Nice South of France locations and caricatures of the French. The audience at the end of the screening was thrilled, smiling and excited. We just wished it did not end!
james-903 The film overall is funny, witty and well shot. It has some hilarious moments of which I'd pick two: through the intercom the two heroes manage to infuriate a man who thinks it's his girlfriend who's just left him playing a trick on him. He throws all her stuff out the window, from the 6th floor excluding nothing of her belongings including... her cat. The two heroes feel realllly sorry and tiptoe away... The other moment I found particularly funny is when one of the heroes, a rural beauty salon hairdresser, after involuntarily gobbling a handful of E starts tripping and cuts and blows dry a lamp shade in the middle of a posh trendy Parisian party, then starts dancing like he's possessed by some demon. That was really very funny. I enjoyed the sweet moments as well between the boys and the girls, how the characters reveal themselves along the story, the beautiful feelings of friendship and love displayed. I also enjoyed the pro-nature message of the movie. One good and cute little movie you cannot but enjoy if you like to laugh and if you have a big heart.
info-3029 The beginning of the movie is quite something. Maurice solves the libido problems of a depressed donkey so that it befriends a mare and agrees to make a mule. A few minutes later Maurice's friend, the wacky hairdresser, borrows the wheelchair of a crippled French legion veteran and forgets to give it back to the muscular tattooed retired soldier. A charitable woman picks the soldier up from the pavement where he was left waiting in the sun in her shopping trolley. The legionnaire borrows a skateboard from a kid and drives it through traffic to get his wheel chair back. He's kicked backwards on a steep slope and ends up flying through the air until he lands in a church. The visual effects are good. I found some serious black humour and enjoyed the satirical portrait of French traditional society reminiscent of some Italian comedies of the 60s although shot in a very modern way. Then the movie takes another turn, showing the attitude of French youth towards sex, race and drugs, through a series of often funny and sometimes sexy scenes. 8/10 for the highly entertaining content.
Marion88 At first I thought another attempt by the French to make a teenage comedy, a genre at which they are not very good. This story of young guys from the countryside who team up with street kids of African origin to avenge the misconducts of a young racist Parisian is a good surprise. It has some unforgettable hilarious scenes. The story is fast and has some provocative and unpredictable twists, including a powerful love tale. Formally the movie is fast paced with many set ups and cuts. The art direction is good, the stunts are OK with some brilliant physical comedy. The photography is sometimes stunning in the countryside, sometimes dull in the city. Once the movie starts, I found myself wondering what on earth is this, and then I got caught in the story. I laughed a lot alongside the few spectators in the theater, some of them seemed to be real hardcore fans of the movie. It has a style of its own, a bit unsettling at times, certainly unseen before. It's never boring, as some French movies can be. The movie benefits from a good score and excellent songs, lots of punk rock and reggae. So all in all it has a French Guy Ritchie's movie flair, with more love, more passion and less cynicism. Some young actors are stunning, the young Jim Carrey-like hairdresser who trips on too much ecstasy, the young fascist villain, the black roommate who loves grass, and the young and heartbroken Parisian girl are great. Among the vast number of guest stars look out for Richard Bohringer, I have not seen him that good for a long time. I also think it is Ticky Holgado's last movie.