
In a small desert town just beyond the shadow of magic mountain, children are the gods of foreclosed homes and underpasses. Three teenagers find things to do in a place that offers nothing. They discover first love, friendship and avoid the realities of becoming an adult.... (Full plot summary below)
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In a small desert town just beyond the shadow of magic mountain, children are the gods of foreclosed homes and underpasses. Three teenagers find things to do in a place that offers nothing. They discover first love, friendship and avoid the realities of becoming an adult.
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| NYC Movie GuruAvi OfferCaptures the essence of modern teenage life with warmth, honesty, humor and compassion. It's equally endearing, relatable and entertaining. |
| Austin ChronicleKimberley JonesAnd yet that is what is so very remarkable about the film: In a slim 72 minutes, it heart-tethers us to these teenagers, paying tribute to their unique and private selves while allowing the audience to see its own reflection in them. |
| PopMattersCynthia FuchsOnly the Young appreciates what it means to be young, to be naïve and also skeptical, to have expectations and to resist them. |
| Austin American-StatesmanMatthew OdamOnly the Young is an original and handsome work that belies the age of the two young filmmakers behind it. |
| New York PostFarran Smith NehmeThe film thwarts any pat expectations you might glean from the town's bad economy and these checkered backgrounds. The teenagers are refreshingly gentle and clean-living; they don't drink, they don't swear and they certainly aren't having sex. All three are religious, a fact that is neither emphasized nor underplayed. |
| Slant MagazineAndrew SchenkerJason Tippet and Elizabeth Mims refuse to use their subjects as test cases for any sort of larger thesis. |
| The A.V. ClubMike D AngeloNot much of real significance happens, which makes Only The Young feel a bit slight, even at a mere 70 minutes. At the same time, though, every hint of direct conflict threatens to break the spell, in part because the film's secret subject is adolescent self-consciousness. |
| Washington PostHank StueverAn elegant capture of the most elusive story of all: the awkward but nevertheless intense friendship between boys. |
| Minneapolis Star TribuneColin CovertIf you think one summer in the lives of three skate punks in a sunny Southern California Podunk wouldn't make a fresh, engaging documentary, "Only the Young" is here to prove you wrong. |
| The New York TimesManohla DargisIf Mr. Tippet and Ms. Mims weren't such accomplished visual stylists, you might even think that the teenagers shot the documentary themselves, which explains both its appeal and its limitations. |