Paranoid Park

ok so it was lk a really good movie and it was hard to watch. specially when my man got on the screen. gabe nevins is sooooo hott lik not even kidding... Full review

tis movie pariond park, is truly the stupdest movie alive. the directer should burn in hell. no person can act at all an they all need acting classes plz burn all the dvd movies for parinod park because i regret every... Full review

The srory kind of cool because it reflects reality, but actually most of the time is kinda boring, nothing too dramatic. It is just lack of drama. I compare this movie with Christan Bayle's The Machinist because both are about guys... Full review

Just how bad are movies at film festivals if critics give this an "A"? It went on and on without any real substance. Critics also will say this is a real portrayal of teen life. 1st off, skateboard geeks don't get... Full review

wow wat a waste of time... omg the most retarded movie everRRR.. had no endin the story line sucked the actor which the lil kid sucked no expression at all durin the whole movie.. The whole movie is and unfinshed movie!!... Full review

Nice cinematography and that is about the only thing going for this one. Acting was really poor for Van Sant's record of picking fresh talent. The repeated slow motion walking put me out. I'm sure it was for the drama of... Full review

THIS FILM IS A BAD STORY I EVER SEE.THIS MOVIE JUST HAVE TIREDLY TEEN FILM.I VERY DISAPPOINTIG TO SEE THIS FILM.... Full review

This is absolutely the worst movie i have ever seen. It makes me appreciate the other worst movies that i thought were bad. Waste of 2 hours of my life i wish i could have back. Movie could have been 15... Full review

I loved this movie so much. As soon as I knew it was coming out i read the book which was better but the movie was still amazing. This had to be one of the best movies i've ever seen. If... Full review

Van Sant's "Paranoid Park" could be described easily as nothing more than putting Dostoevsky's "Crime and Punishment" into motion. Of course the background is different as we're having the moral struggle put in youth and skate environment. As the plot twists,... Full review

And, those latest efforts from Van Sant, Milk and Paranoid Park , make for poignant viewing. But both focus on the outsider again, both deal in death and both see their protagonist - Milk 's proud gay activist who dies violently, Paranoid Park 's troubled young skateboarder who kills accidentally - engaged in that familiar quest for community, for the support of like-minded souls. ... Full Review

his more personal movies tend to be about marginalized Americans, like the petty criminals in Drugstore Cowboy or the intinerant hustlers of My Own Private Idaho .....Genius Entertainment, Weinstein and IFC Films' DVD of Paranoid Park is a solid presentation of this flat (1:37) picture, with good color and good 5.1 audio..... ... Full Review

Paranoid Park includes no such weird and wonderful signature moments....In fact, the only work with which you should be familiar in order to fully appreciate Paranoid Park is the work....though it may be-and part of the reason why the film fails to land as strongly as it could is....this story about a skater whose desire to fit in places him at the scene of a grisly accident (to woefully oversimplify things) is psychologically rich enough....There's a paper to be written that compares the disreputable, tabo ... Full Review

The story of Paranoid Park may center on an extreme and unusual case, but it's Van Sant's understanding of -- and compassion for -- the hell of growing up that makes the film such a profound and lasting pleasure. Even though the subject of Paranoid Park -- Alex's growing guilt over his involvement in the accidental and unspeakably gruesome death of a security guard -- is dead-serious, the movie finds Van Sant in a creatively playful mood, using unexpected musical cues (from Beethoven to old Fellini film sc ... Full Review

The story of Paranoid Park may center on an extreme and unusual case, but it's Van Sant's understanding of -- and compassion for -- the hell of growing up that makes the film such a profound and lasting pleasure. Even though the subject of Paranoid Park -- Alex's growing guilt over his involvement in the accidental and unspeakably gruesome death of a security guard -- is dead-serious, the movie finds Van Sant in a creatively playful mood, using unexpected musical cues (from Beethoven to old Fellini film sc ... Full Review

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The kids are not alright. According to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, suicide was the third-leading cause of teen death in 2004. ... Full Article

Paranoid Park (dir. Gus Van Sant): The last four Gus Van Sant movies Gerry , Elephant , Last Days , and this gorgeous reverie on adolescencehave the quality of a dream, slipping so fluidly through time and space that they... ... Full Article