Diagonaldi Very well executed

ThiefHott Too much of everything

FirstWitch A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

Aubrey Hackett While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

Kayla Pennington A seemingly typical 17 year old girl, Isabelle, begins secretly selling her body to successful older men. This film is insightful and honest, without giving judgment and due to unexpected turns, we find ourselves wondering why she does what she does. Francois Ozon's Young and Beautiful portrays a young girl, Isabelle, (Marine Vacth) exploring her sexuality through prostitution after losing her virginity in a seemingly unpleasant manner. Her attitude towards these sexual encounters is very emotionless and distant. We first meet Isabelle during vacation just before her 17th birthday where she loses her virginity to a German boy, Felix. While his body is on top of hers, we see the look in Isabelle's eyes turn detached and cold. The next scene, we find that the family has returned to their home in the city. By this time she has begun meeting clients online and meeting in elegant hotel rooms, always arriving in a nice suit, but returning home in her school clothes. She has many encounters with rich older men, some of which could be old enough to be her grandfather. These encounters seem very displeasing to her. During these encounters, she seems disinterested in the money as well as the sexual act itself. She meets Georges (Johan Leysen) and her attitude towards the situation remains the same, yet we find that her encounters with him begin to change after a while. Georges takes an interest in her and we get the feeling that he genuinely cares for her. They meet often and her attitude towards the sexual acts remains basically the same, yet she becomes more comfortable during their encounters. In an unexpected turn of events, Isabelle's secret is found out by her family and they are very surprised as well as confused by her actions. She goes to see a therapist to hopefully get some insight on why she has been selling her body to these men. Like many French films, the movie leaves you wondering what happens after the ending scene. The scene when Isabelle's mother (Geraldine Pailhas) has found out and is discussing this with her daughter for the first time is very emotional. In this scene we feel the distress and confusion as well as anger from her mother towards her daughter's actions. Her mother's reaction may seem extreme, but it shows how she is hurting because of Isabelle's trysts and possibly because she sees herself in the same way that she is ridiculing Isabelle. This is one of the ways that this film shows the struggles of a family. While most families don't deal with prostitution, they have their own sins to deal with. During this confrontation, we feel pain and violence as well as love. I would recommend this film to young adults as well as older adults. Isabelle is a young and beautiful girl who comes from a stable family. We see a number of occasions when Isabelle seems almost accepting of her clients degrading comments. At times it feels as though she believes that this is her self-worth and is deserving of this. Isabelle is disinterested in the money she receives from the clients and the sexual act itself and she is called a whore. So why does she sell herself to these men then? That is one of the beauties of this film. The film goes to show one of life's greatest truths, that not everything has a clear cut answer.

brandonleewainscott I liked it. I love French film, and it was on Netflix. I have a special pity for women forced into prostitution by whatever circumstance. It really makes you think about the reality of the life of a call girl, whom one calls for pleasure. If you treat her well, respecting her, like the old man did, fine. But think about how many men treat her like crap. And that's what this film does. The actress is naturally beautiful. The relationship with her brother adds a good element to it that might otherwise cause it to be stagnant. The problem is not that this movie lacks a bunch of dialogue or action. That's if you want Hollywood nonsense. This is a well made film. I just don't find it GREAT. But I might watch it again. But I am not dying to.

roland-scialom Isabelle, a seventeen years old beautiful girl, who belongs to a middle class family with a good standing of living, who attends a good school in which she seems to be doing well, decides by herself to become a prostitute who fix rendezvous in hotel rooms, with customers much more old than her, via internet and mobile phone messaging.Her decision comes after an episode which happened during a summer vacation when she lost her virginity with a boy friend with respect to whom she was indifferent. This experience was unpleasant to her.The film don't give to the spectator any clue about the reason why she decided to become a prostitute. My interpretation is that, instead of developing her libido in a healthy way, she did it in a wrong and vicious way. Actually, she doesn't enjoy sex but enjoy the idea of behaving as a prostitute very well rewarded for her job.The story doesn't show this shocking behaviour as a disgrace, but just as something wrong.Eventually, after the death of a customer whom she liked, Georges, and the threats from both the police and her mother, she quits prostitution.The last scene in which the Georges' wife fix a rendezvous with her, in the same hotel room in which Georges died is very interesting, but also doesn't give any clue about what is right and what is wrong.Concluding, the film is interesting and caught my attention till the end, but it didn't answer my quests.

Normande Poirier The story goes nowhere and ends fizzling out. In the movie, juvenile prostitution is presented as an innocent passage in the life of young adolescent girls. Some sort of victimless game. The plot is very weak and the characters lack consistency. They are vague and their role is not clear.Spoiler ***Everything revolve about insane sex and heavy lies***. The scenario is not credible nor convincing. At times, the movie seems a documentary of some sort. With this production, it is obvious that François Ozon pleased himself filming young and pretty Marine Vacth from every conceivable angles. Those who don't share the enthusiasm of François Ozon for the sex-appeal of Marine will not find any interest here.