I could tell the movie was cut bc the plots were not so cohesive. And I heard rumors that it was cut due to political reasons.

The filmmakers over-extend themselves to solicit empathy for their doomed protagonists. Youth is so unbearably nice that I eventually wished it were remade by misanthropes.

Simon Abrams

RogerEbert.com

The film’s themes mature from adolescent pettiness to adult regret, with several epilogues set well after the main events of the story.

Mark Jenkins

Washington Post

As a straight, sentimental melodrama, Youth works well. While there are a lot of conventional tropes, the cast enacts them with such fresh, tenderhearted sincerity that they regain some power.

Glenn Kenny

The New York Times