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give it a go , 27 June 2008
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Paranoid Park
on DVD (2007)
Starring: Gabe Nevins, Daniel Liu, Taylor Momsen
Director: Gus Van Sant
Certificate: 
Ok, I agree that this is quite a slow film, and there are a fair few slow-mo skateboarding shots of teenagers 'doing their thing'. But... it is quite an interesting little film about how difficult it can be trying to find yourself when pressure is all around - parental divorce, girlfriend hassle, getting in with the older skaters, being at school etc. It isn't a big action movie, but there is plenty there to keep watching. The main character, Alex, is fairly normal (but with a strangely limited range of emotional expressions!), who just wants to be part of the adult skating world (presumably hoping for a dad-substitute), and has a bad experience. The rest of the film just tags along with this, occasionally flipping to see scenes from different timelines, which sometimes works, but not all the time. It isn't making a point, or judging teen culture, or glorifying the skateboarding culture - it's more of a camera-following-a-kid-about thing, and Van Sant's approach definitely isn't for everybody.
I didn't think I'd like it all all, but I got into it in a quiet way, and was glad to have followed it through. Take your pick!
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