Young Hearts (2020 film)

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Young Hearts
Directed bySarah Sherman
Zachary Ray Sherman
Written bySarah Sherman
Produced byElise Freeman
Starring
CinematographyMartim Vian
Edited byJohn-Michael Powell
Production
company
Distributed by Blue Fox Entertainment
Release dates
  • 24 January 2020 (2020-01-24)(Slamdance Film Festival)
  • 12 February 2021 (2021-02-12)(US)
Running time
81 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Young Hearts (originally titled Thunderbolt in Mine Eye) is a 2020 American coming-of-age romantic drama film directed by Sarah Sherman and Zachary Ray Sherman, starring Anjini Taneja Azhar and Quinn Liebling.

Contents

Plot

A teen love story that explores the discomfort that comes with first relationships.

Cast

Release

The film premiered at the Slamdance Film Festival on 24 January 2020. [1]

Reception

Tara McNara of Common Sense Media rated the film 3 stars out of 5 and called the film "authentically awkward". She praised Liebling's performance, and wrote that he "delivers every look and line with a naturalness." [2]

Sylvie Baggett of Bust wrote that the film has a "naive sweetness", and that it is "as awkward and charming as first love itself." [3]

Kristen Yoonsoo Kim of The New York Times wrote that while the characters have a few "nice, even revelatory scenes that combine humor and pain", their "dominant mode of interaction by the movie’s end seems to be silence, just as it was at the beginning, and we never do get to know Marvin or Stanley very well." [4]

Brian Shaer of Film Threat gave the film a score of 7/10 and wrote that the film is "so well-intentioned that it’s tough to single out the negative." [5]

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References

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