| Avg. User Rating: 12 ratings R,1hr 24min Distributor:IFC First Take Synopsis: A teenage skateboarder has a run-in with a security guard that results in the man's death. Confused, fearful, and evasive, the teen wanders the streets of Portland as his life takes a turn for the worse in director Gus Van Sant's screen adaptation of author Blake Nelson's grim coming-of-age tome. Alex (Gabe Nevins) is a withdrawn 16-year-old boy who has recently discovered Paranoid Park -- a massive skate park in Portland, OR. The Portland skate punks built Paranoid Park so they could have a place ... Full Synopsis
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| Todd McCarthy, Variety.com : "... a rarified, arid artwork that will register with Van Sant's hardcore fans but leave [many others] ... impatient and unfulfilled." Full Review By Christy Lemire, Associated Press : "... isn't for everybody ... even though it is a bit more accessible than the other similarly ethereal films the writer-director has offered in recent years ..." Full Review | |
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