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Brad Peterson, Daniel Liu, Gabe Nevins, Grace Carter, Jake Miller
An unsolved murder at Portland's infamous Paranoid Park brings detectives to a local high school, propelling a young skater into a moral odyssey where he must not only deal with the pain and disconnec...( read more 
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'Paranoid Park' is another minimalistic film, with mostly amateus actors, from the critically acclaimed director Gus Van Sant. With a filmography consisting such films as 'Good Will Hunting', which is absolutely one of my favourites, and 'Drugstore Cowboy' and now with his latest...( read more)
A stirring, subtle, visually remarkable piece by Gus Van Sant. If you saw flaws in Elephant, this rectifies them and expands on its companion piece's richness. Though the awful acting still remains, the situations Van Sant creates house them well - these kids aren't navigating pa...( read more)
It doesn't hit you until far after you've left the theater. This is a tragic, haunting portrayal of contemporary American youth, and a brilliant one.
Gus Van Sant, an iconic indie auteur best known for "Good Will Hunting" and the upcoming "Milk", found his cast for "Paranoid Park" via MySpace and a local newspaper. It's completely refreshing to see teenagers who look like teenagers, talk like teenagers, and act like teenagers....( read more)
Excellent stuff. a very dreamy and intimate portrayal of adolescence. Didn't fall into any kind of cliche resolution I was expecting and the film is about much more than its central incident. Love the Nino Rota music and the Scorpio Rising-like 8 mm footage of the skateboarding...( read more)
To me, Van Sant's film delivered a message about apathy and striking indifference in modern American society. Everything from the casting of non-actors to a completely emotionless directorial approach indicate what I believe to be the intent of the film. Very well-made and outsid...( read more)
The pleasing circularity of Gus Van Sant's masterful Paranoid Park is not only a function of the film's narrative structure but reflects the arc of its maker's career. Few directors have revisited their earliest concerns with such vigor
Feels like Gus Van Sant trying to do Larry Clark except a 'lite' version. Intercut within the film is grainy skate footage, there's a scene of disturbing gore, gay undertones, underage sex, etc. it's pretty run of the mill it seems like but it's still watchable but you gotta wond...( read more)
Après Elephant, Van Sant joue encore les John Hughes version art et essai avec Paranoid Park, ça peut paraître prétentieux (c'est pas parce que c'est pas édulcoré que c'est forcément plus réaliste) mais on voit que Van Sant sait ce qu'il fait et où il veut en venir avec cette his...( read more)
