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Jeune & Jolie (18)

Drama

The portrait of a 17 year-old girl, in 4 seasons and 4 songs.


The critical consensus

Ultimately, this film signals towards complexity without probing its subject matter fully.

***(*)(*)Anna rogers, The List, 05/11/2013

An open text, though one that doesn't add up to much whichever way you chose to look at it.

**(*)(*)(*)David Jenkins, Little White Lies, 28/11/2013

Ozon 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.

****(*)James Mottram, Total Film, 25/11/2013

Another typically assured piece of work from Ozon with a showstopping turn from newcomer Vacth. Expect to see a lot more from her.

****(*)Ian Freer, Empire Online, 25/11/2013

Sex with no explanations.

***(*)(*)Brian Viner, Daily Mail, 28/11/2013

The Françoise Hardy songs and chic settings give the film the feel of an upmarket shampoo commercial.

**(*)(*)(*)Geoffrey Macnab, The Independent, 28/11/2013

The film's intense seriousness can only be appreciated by not taking it too seriously.

***(*)(*)Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, 28/11/2013

The whiff of fatuousness pervades François Ozon's film.

**(*)(*)(*)Mark Kermode, The Observer, 01/12/2013

Where and when?

General release. Check local listings for show times.

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