Cathardincu Surprisingly incoherent and boring

Blucher One of the worst movies I've ever seen

Bergorks If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.

Fleur Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

Tony Patriarche Superficially just another Scandinavian twist on the teen coming-of-age sex movie, I think there is genuinely a deeper level of interpretation. This odd film reminded me inevitably a little of Sex, Lies and Videotape - but the subtext is a much more general social commentary on the issues of privacy and personal freedom. The larger cast expand the personal issues to the social context without losing intensity in individual performances.As a North American, I feel slightly disconnected from the European society -- we do not (yet) have surveillance cameras on every street corner. Nevertheless many places from banks to 24-hour grocery stores already use video surveillance, most cell-phones now come with an integrated camera, the web-cam is a common household appliance, and sex has become a spectator sport perhaps more than at any time in previous history. It is easy to say that my freedom ends where your privacy and right to security begin -- but it is not always so easy to find that point in our complex, crowded, fearful 21st century society.Be warned: The sex scenes are numerous, explicit, and grittily realistic -- a far cry from the blurred-lens romance of the soft porn of most North American or British adult movies, or the extreme absurdity of so-called hard porn. I found this verismo refreshing in an odd way, although many may find it disturbing, especially in a film about late teens or twenty-somethings.My one regret is that one of the subtext messages seemed to be one common to many movies: Young people can have sex, but they will be punished for it. Whatever the truth of this philosophy, it is an older person's perspective, which to me jarred with the viewpoint of the film, told almost entirely from the teenagers POV.Although no totally new ground is broken here, I think this film is worth at least a good first look and perhaps a second viewing.

julian kennedy Young Gods: 7 out of 10: For once I would like to see a teenage drama where careless foolish teenagers get away with being well careless and foolish. Nobody gets hurt, pregnant, married, commits suicide, tragically killed ext… they just act like complete idiots and go off to college. Kind of like real life for a lot of kids.On second thought there are movies like this but they are all have Porky's in the title. Young Gods is unfortunately a teenage drama. Which means no foolish action will go unpunished.Before the drama really kicks in we have a super realistic look at the lives of four teenage boys. The movie nails the attitudes and actions of young males of that age group and the pace while leisurely actually reflects the indifference to time people of that age actually have. (It also reflects the boredom that comes with no school and no job.) The movie also has a surprisingly naturalistic attitude about nudity and sex. Some may be shocked by the young actors' nudity but it felt non-sensationalist and rather realistic.The plot about voyeurism and constant filming is overdone (see drama above) and the results of the boys' actions seem more draconian than real life. But this is after all a movie.Despite being relatively slow placed and occasionally over-dramatic Young Gods is an enjoyable, realistic and fresh coming of age film.

Myrzan The plot of the movie has been already described pretty well in comments by other people so I won't repeat it so extensively here. The other comments are however (or at least have been so far) quite positive so I thought I'd add my own opinion too since I didn't think this movie was that good.Like I said this movie is based on a good idea. In short it's about these 4 guys who get this idea of a sort of a 'game' where they would video all of their.. well, intercourses and then watch them together afterwards for fun. As most people can probably guess, things end up going very badly wrong and people get very hurt (a girl gets raped and one of the guys eventually kills himself).Sadly, the realization of the movie isn't as good as it could have been. It doesn't feel believable. I just couldn't buy it that these 4 guys would do the things that they are shown doing. The character development feels often unrealistic. It's sort of hard to explain. In the movie 'Traffic' the viewer is in my opinion shown pretty believably how people end up making bad decisions and end up losing control of their lives. This movie fails in that.As a result, I found this movie to be entertaining (often even amusing) mostly because of its general "freakiness" and its shocking subject rather than its quality. This movie reminds me of 'Baise Moi' and 'Mauvaises fréquentations' both of which are these sort of depressing french dramas where peoples lives basically go down the toilet (although 'Hymypoika' has a happier and more hopeful ending). If you like this, check them out. Also the movie 'Piano Teacher' has the same sort of feel (and dysfunctional characters) in it as 'Hymypoika' has.My vote is 6/10. If you haven't seen this you haven't missed anything special.PS. If you want to see finnish movie at its best I would recommend Gourmet Club. It has a funny plot and the cast includes Michael Badalucco (he played 'Jimmy Berluti' in 'The Practice'). Also I can sincerely recommend a very well produced and very entertaining dark comedy short film called 'Rare Exports Inc.' which reveals some amazing facts about the origin of Santa Claus. Reviews of both can be found here on IMDb.

Jon This movie is a tad better than the user ratings indicate. Perhaps some were hoping for porn, and came away disappointed--although there is plenty of nudity, there is nothing to titillate--this is a moving and cautionary tale of spiritual emptiness."Young Gods" is the ironically-titled film that examines the vapid world of mesmerizing images we live in, when there's no guidance for spiritual context. We experience this confusion through the eyes (and lenses) of four Finnish boys, all recent high-school graduates. Taavi has just inherited his deceased father's mansion and wealth, but has blocked out the memory of his death, and moves through life at a distance, viewing everything possible through his camcorder's viewfinder. Jere is emotionally dead. He has a girlfriend and finds comfort in sex, but is unable to open his heart. Sami, homely and overweight, has zero self-esteem. Markus is very immature, but otherwise fairly well-adjusted.The four make an odd pact to film their sexual conquests, and the four find themselves living in an even more illusory meta-world, as their desire to film sex takes precedence over their actual desires, and recording an event becomes secondary to experiencing life. They all seem to lack a father who can teach them about love and loving, and are left to float down a river of sex and imagery without a clue to its purpose. (Jere's father is no help: he's a pornographer, coolly composing loveless sex scenes as though creating a grocery display.) Slowly, the consequences of their pact begin changing them as it brings out the yearning, emptiness, violence, or love that is really within their hearts.