“Young Werther” goes all the way back for its inspiration, serving as an adaptation of a 1774 novel (“The Sorrows of Young Werther”) by Johann Wolfgang Goethe. Opening information for the picture lists the book as a creation that caused a “literary tizzy,” and while the wilds of movie exhibition are usually unpredictable, it’s a safe bet such fandom won’t find its way to this film. Updating the tale to 2024 is writer/director Jose Avelino Gilles Corbett Lourenco, making his feature-length helming debut, and the challenge proves to be a little too much for him as the material sets out to make a wholly unlikeable character at least emotionally understood. “Young Werther” aims to be romantic, comedic, and meaningful, but Lourenco isn’t brave enough with the effort, refusing to get dangerous with a plot that invites a darker understanding of obsession. The endeavor hopes to be light and cheeky, but it mostly remains insufferable, unable to find much in the way of spirit and soul. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com