Joven y bonita

Mi querido Ozon me ha vuelto a alegrar y ha capturado perfectamente mi melancólico estado de ánimo, ya que Jeune & jolie es una película completamente envuelta en melancolía y reflexión. Por eso, no podía elegir a nadie más que a Francoise Hardy y sus canciones introspectivas como acompañamiento musical. Muchas escenas podrían ser maravillosos cuadros que capturan la efímera belleza del momento. Marine Vacth es realmente hermosa y su personaje confirma exactamente el conocido y trillado dicho de que las mujeres bellas no tienen una vida tan fácil como todos piensan a su alrededor. (15.08.2015)

Una película fuerte con un humor sorprendentemente funcional y grandes actores. Ozon es bueno en lo que hace. La calidad de la película se debe principalmente a la armonía de un buen guión y dirección, excelentes actores y un acertado equilibrio en el filo del drama serio con momentos humorísticos. (06.07.2013)

Hacerle cosquillas inofensivas al espectador es un tema que siempre se agradece. Ozon entiende a las mujeres. Y las quiere más que Trier. Esta vez rodó una película sentimental sobre una chica de diecisiete años, embriagada de los primeros toques de los asuntos de adultos. Sobre una chica de diecisiete años, que tenía curiosidad por los hombres que la ordenarían por su cuerpo, por cómo sería estar con ellos en la oscuridad de las habitaciones de hotel o con el olor de los asientos de piel de los coches. En palabras de Charlotte Rampling, cualquiera lo intentaría si tuviera el coraje. No falta de autoestima, sino coraje... La única escena emotiva de la película es la discusión con la madre llorando: «¡Me has roto el corazón!» (09.12.2013)

You have to admit that Marine Vacth is charming and exudes a "decently provocative" sexuality, and she could instantly become one of the classic Bond girls from the past. Marine works as a model, as she knows how to pose and present herself well. Unlike other models, she is undoubtedly capable of delivering some acting performance, albeit limited. She simply doesn't look like the new Marion Cotillard. These types of girls are often heavily utilized in film in their youth and usually disappear from the screen at a certain age... As for the film itself - it is strange that I want to write again about Marine's sensuality... Ozon is undoubtedly a professional, but this film is not among his best pieces. It is unfinished, superficial, and psychologically implausible. A comparison with thematically related Belle de Jour by Buñuel logically suggests itself, but Buñuel clearly had something else in mind and his film was more thought-provoking, while Young & Beautiful perhaps only tempts masturbation... Ozon evidently aimed to provoke viewers with the theme of an underage prostitute from a respectable middle-class family. In France, as well as anywhere else in Western Europe, prostitution at a lower level is usually practiced by drug addicts and other "lowlifes," while at the higher level, it is composed of emigrants who cannot afford to lose their social prestige. A girl from a better family will damn well reconsider risking the loss of moral integrity, which could have a devastating impact on her professional career and current and future family. Isabelle doesn't offend me, but I also don't make excuses for her and her behavior, and I don't seek complex meanings where there most likely aren't any. Of course, you can endlessly debate the torn inner soul of a girl and talk about a deep dive into the female psyche, but I, on the other hand, see a bored Euro-brat, well materially provided for, who never knew real problems thanks to her family background, and consequently, responsibility... Considering Marine's physique, I remain at three stars, but without any enthusiasm. Overall impression: 50%. (03.12.2013)

A plan that you either endorse or... Or not. The heroine/tramp who looks like a clone of Julia Roberts, only years younger, remains impenetrable, as far as her motives are concerned, for the entire picture, so it’s up to the viewer what they think of her. She is a mirror that says more about you than about her. Theoretically at least, if you play Ozon’s game. I played Ozon’s game, but didn’t finish it, because in the end it is less refined than I expected from him and it comes across more intentionally superficial than natural. (20.01.2014)