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By Josephg. (4) on 29 Mar 2008

I'm sorry to say that despite what is a very very fine movie, some of the acting (particularly by the protagonists buddy) is so bloody awful…

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By Sean P. Means (2,056) for Salt Lake Tribune (1,927) on 28 Mar 2008

Van Sant opens a window onto the teen life ..., but the insights have less depth than a skateboard wheel's imprint…

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By Rene Rodriguez (1,781) for Miami Herald (3,319) on 28 Mar 2008

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…

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By Robert W. Butler (884) for Kansas City Star (1,573) on 28 Mar 2008

All this will be way too arty for most viewers. But those willing to take a chance will find unexpected if hard-to-describe pleasures…

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By Dwilly (66) on 26 Mar 2008

I've come to accept that you can add forty to fifty critic points to any film that is grainy and has teenagers having sex…

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By Markr. (31) on 25 Mar 2008

This film is the culmination of van sant exploring both the commercial and experimental approaches to filmmaking over the past decade, and…

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By Geneb. (1) on 22 Mar 2008

I saw this simply to see a person I know who was in the film, then found myself mesmerized…

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By Chris Hewitt (St. Paul) (2,277) for St. Paul Pioneer Press (4,360) on 21 Mar 2008

[The narrative is] as speedy and graceful as the skateboarders it lingers over in Paranoid Park, where their daredevil moves are often shot…

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By Lee Grant (9) for San Diego Union-Tribune (1,408) on 21 Mar 2008

Paranoid Park is only 84 minutes, a long, slow 84 minutes, with delusions of grandeur…

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By Liz Braun (961) for Jam! Movies (2,396) on 21 Mar 2008

Paranoid Park will be catnip for Van Sant fans (the music and cinematography are complicated and chewy) but potentially tough sledding for…

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By Amy Biancolli (582) for Houston Chronicle (970) on 21 Mar 2008

Regarding Paranoid Park as an elongated short rather than a feature helps a bit, because it's a miniature in spirit -- a small-format portrait…

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By Tom Long (1,693) for Detroit News (2,682) on 21 Mar 2008

Paranoid Park becomes a portrait of the skate punk as repressed personality. The movie doesn't really go anywhere as a story, it simply unfolds…

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By Tricia Olszewski (442) for Let's Not Listen (63) on 21 Mar 2008

It may be time for Van Sant to remove his head from -- well, let's call it the underground -- and re-find his inner Forrester…

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By Cynthia Fuchs (1,328) for PopMatters (2,617) on 21 Mar 2008

The film closes with still more images of skaters, these reflected in wide-angly convex mirrors, beautiful and frightening and seductive…

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By Chris Hewitt (2,086) for St. Paul Pioneer Press (4,360) on 21 Mar 2008

[The narrative is] as speedy and graceful as the skateboarders it lingers over in Paranoid Park, where their daredevil moves are often shot…

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By Beverly Berning (44) for culturevulture.net (793) on 20 Mar 2008

There are certain times in a filmmaker's career when everything comes together in a kind of perfect storm…

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By Peter Schilling (10) for Minneapolis Star Tribune (2,416) on 20 Mar 2008

Alex goes to school, has a girlfriend, eats junk food ... and is almost as much of a zombie as anything George A…

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By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 20 Mar 2008

There's some striking camerawork by Christopher Doyle (in 35-millimeter) and Rain Kathy Li (in Super-8), though this doesn't alter the overall…

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By Ann Hornaday (1,919) for Washington Post (9,851) on 20 Mar 2008

Van Sant is such an assured filmmaker that Paranoid Park is almost inescapably absorbing; he has found a particularly engaging leading man…

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By James Berardinelli (4,524) for ReelViews (4,523) on 20 Mar 2008

Paranoid Park is a rare breed: a movie about teenagers in which the characters talk like real teenagers, act like real teenagers, and are played…

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