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By Richard Roeper (2,737) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 14 May 2014

Palo Alto is a well-directed but relatively slight, only occasionally provocative and unremittingly bleak slice of life…

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By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 14 May 2014

Nothing in the story feels specific to that California city, or emblematic of it…

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By Stephanie Merry (410) for Washington Post (9,851) on 14 May 2014

Palo Alto starts strong but runs out of momentum. Strangely, as aimless vignettes give way to bigger life events…

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By J. R. Jones (1,337) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 14 May 2014

The movie often recalls Larry Clark's early work in its effortless authenticity, though in contrast to his emotional brutality, the tone here…

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By Scott Bowles (160) for USA Today (4,117) on 14 May 2014

Palo Alto marks one of those rare films that is so accurate in its portrayal of characters that the movie suffers for it…

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By Matt Pais (1,519) for RedEye (906) on 14 May 2014

There's authenticity as the teenagers feel tempted and/or trapped, and adults sometimes do more talking than listening…

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By Samuel J (489) on 13 May 2014

Am I missing something…

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By Richard Von Busack (346) for MetroActive (325) on 13 May 2014

The drawback is the usual one: a standard young-adult novel view of adults as predatory, clueless, patronizing, grotesque...yet the director…

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By Randy Myers (265) for San Jose Mercury News (757) on 13 May 2014

While Palo Alto might not point the teen genre into revolutionary new directions, it does achieve a major goal: Putting its talented filmmaker…

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By Ray Pride (544) for Newcity (539) on 13 May 2014

Coppola finds a dreamlike drift to her first feature, suffused and detached, a woozy memory or a memory of a memory of a memory…

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By Jeff C (866) on 12 May 2014

I had high expectations for this but have to admit I was bored to tears…

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By Richard Brody (868) for New Yorker (1,403) on 11 May 2014

The catalogue of petty derelictions and frustrated yearnings is anchored by no inner world, framed by no context, and there's nothing distinctive…

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By Lamontraymond (377) on 10 May 2014

At the outset of the film, I was highly fearful that the director would be satisfied to tread on well-worn territory, sticking to the same…

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By Hoonsago (4) on 10 May 2014

I wouldn't say the movie was boring, but it was definitely themeless, or at least seemed so to me…

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By David Edelstein (2,124) for New York Magazine/Vulture (3,519) on 10 May 2014

The most powerful aspect of this strange little movie is the sense that in an instant things could go very, very bad — even if they don’t…

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By W.a.w. P (1) on 10 May 2014

Another Coppola puts together a great film. Emma Roberts shines in this picture and is supported by a very strong cast of actors…

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By Marilee H (8) on 09 May 2014

Beautiful, vapid teenagers don't have much to say…

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By Max T (86) on 09 May 2014

One of the best depictions of the high school life that I have seen in recent memory…

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By Keith Uhlich (870) for Time Out (7,510) on 09 May 2014

Fortunately Coppola’s sensitivity is always evident, especially in the open-hearted performances she gets from Roberts and Kilmer (whose…

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By Sarah K (459) on 08 May 2014

A few different stories that didn't really all connect but Nat Wolf is amazing and Jack Kilmer was very impressive in his first acting role…

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