Review of Paranoid Park (2007) by Davidb. — 11 Sep 2008
I watched this film after it received such a great score and I thought I would be in for a treat. I was wrong. Not only was this movie dreadfully boring but it actually pushed me further away from liking independent films.
The cinematography was cheesy at best. Yes, I understand that they're going for a more "realistic" approach to the treatment of the dialogue and characters but, like others have said, the majority of this film is filler material.
The music felt as if it was just tossed in because it "sounded right" instead of actually being carefully selected. From the start of the film, I felt as if it could only get better and don't get me wrong, the initial scenes where the story unfolds are pretty decent, the film just goes downhill because of the fact that every scene afterwards reveals so little about the story.
Gabe Nevin's performance is the only noteworthy part of this film, which is why I gave it a 1.
This review of Paranoid Park (2007) was written by Davidb. on 11 Sep 2008.
Paranoid Park has generally received positive reviews.
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