Young Ones

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5.8/10

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Set in a near future when water has become the most precious and dwindling resource on the planet, the hardened survivors of the loss of EarthÂ’s precious resources scrape and struggle. Ernest Holm lives on this harsh frontier with his children, Jerome and Mary. He defends his farm from bandits, works the supply routes, and hopes to rejuvenate the soil. But Mary's boyfriend, Flem Lever, has grander designs. He wants Ernest's land for himself, and will go to any length to get it.

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Set in the future when water is hard to find, a teenage boy sets out to protect his family and survive.Set in the future when water is hard to find, a teenage boy sets out to protect his family and survive.Set in the future when water is hard to find, a teenage boy sets out to protect his family and survive.

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IMDb RATING

5.8/10

11K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 2 wins & 1 nomination total

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Trivia
The robot donkey is a Boston Dynamics 'Big Dog'. The company was owned by Google when the movie was made.

Goofs
After Ernest shoots the first of the two water thieves, he pumps his shotgun but no spent shell is ejected.

Quotes
Ernest Holm: Yeah, that is all I am saying. You do not gotta marry her. You don't wanna wait around thinking something is gonna come. Waitin' is a fucking disease. Think something? Feel something? You should *do* something. Alright?

Connections
Featured in The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Shailene Woodley/Michael Shannon/Eric Church (2014)

Soundtracks
Lost Her Love On Our Last Date
Written by Conway Twitty & Floyd Cramer © 1972
Performed by Floyd Cramer
Published by Sony/ATV Music Publishing Ltd.
Courtesy of Sony Music

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Featured review

8/10

Art house Sci-Fi 'must see'

If you love the artistic and non-mainstream risks taken by art-house films, then Young Ones belongs on your watch list with other indie Sci-Fis such as Lars von Trier's Melancholia, Juan Solanas' Upside Down, and Terry Gilliam's The Zero Theorem.

A gritty film about pioneers in a drought ridden landscape, it's a futuristic dust bowl tale as grim as Grapes of Wrath. It's memorable and keeps your attention, while portraying Sci-Fi in a very believable way. The mix of poverty and high technology, the extremes of the haves and have-nots, and water shortages in the US, amplifies the current state of a society as all good sci-fi films do.

Good actors and acting, and gorgeous to watch. What's not to like?