This is a solid direction from Eoin Macken, with an overall strong script and some wonderful performances.

Full Review | Original Score: B- | Feb 29, 2024

Covering a range of tough topics from drug abuse to suicide, the movie doesn't hold back from giving us a chaotic yet realistic look at life as a teenager, with great performances yet unfortunately surface level discussions.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 6, 2023

What can be said without hesitation is that Here Are the Young Men should work, should resonate, should bring to mind the hardship of the shift into adulthood.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Sep 2, 2021

The talented lead performers keep the characters watchable even at their worst. The conclusion works as a moral litmus test, but it's not as compelling as everything that preceded it.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 18, 2021

A shallow, morally dubious, standard-issue teen rebel-yell movie replete with drugs, drinking and angry young man violence. (Well Go blu-ray).

Full Review | Original Score: 1/4 | Jul 18, 2021

While it boasts spirit and style, Here Are The Young Men is not equal to the sum of its parts.

Full Review | Jun 18, 2021

Here Are The Young Men is worth a watch but should be approached with caution.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 17, 2021

What's ultimately wrought of this male-centric and narrow focus is a colossal void at the center of the film.

Full Review | Jun 6, 2021

Here Are the Young Men should've been titled Here Are the Young Men Being Glorified for Getting Away With Serious Crimes ... Viewers just won't care about these self-absorbed troublemakers who ... create damaging problems for themselves and other people.

Full Review | Jun 4, 2021

And what is the film's message? Even Macken seems unsure. Here Are The Young Men doesn't seem to make a statement, settling instead for an unpleasant been-there-done-that morality play.

Full Review | May 25, 2021

Anya Taylor-Joy acts circles around the men here, but she isn't given enough screen time to justify or save a poorly muddled script.

Full Review | Original Score: D | May 14, 2021

Ultimately, like the boys themselves, this has bags of energy, but lacks focus.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | May 7, 2021

There's nothing about the story's progression that doesn't telegraph exactly where it's headed.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | May 5, 2021

There's certainly an impressive cast lineup for this one, but there's also something weirdly formless and frustrating about it as well...

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 30, 2021

[W]ith a stronger script and direction, Young Men could have been a similar big-screen showcase for its TV-famous leads.

Full Review | Apr 30, 2021

The combination of derivative plotting, empty flash and characters who run the gamut from boring to repellent makes it feel more like the Irish "Amongst Friends."

Full Review | Apr 29, 2021

A plausible, troubling portrait of what can occur when adolescents are given no hope and no help, but instead to figure out everything on their own. Sadly, there's nothing about this aspect of the film that feels dated.

Full Review | Original Score: B | Apr 29, 2021

Sharply observant and bolstered by stellar performances from its young male trio, the result is an intensely concentrated and appropriately in-your-face exploration of toxic masculinity.

Full Review | Apr 29, 2021

Here are the Young Men feels forced and repetitive - one comes away with little of note.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5 | Apr 29, 2021

Yet another project that benefits from Anya Taylor-Joy's inclusion, Here are the Young Men is a performance-led, disturbing tale of both toxic masculinity and friendship.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 28, 2021