1. Palo Alto movie review & film summary (2014) | Roger Ebert
9 mei 2014 · “Palo Alto” has a contemplative feel of darkness and languor, and the score is woven beautifully into the action. The music feels like an ...
"Palo Alto" is a very strong first feature, prioritizing mood over message. Coppola does not diagnose underlying societal problems; she does not make assumptions about the cultural void in which the kids live. She just shows us what they do.
2. Palo Alto | Rotten Tomatoes
I was impressed by many elements of the film. The acting was great, the story was very realistic, but what impressed me the most was the direction. You got the ...
A lack of parental guidance encourages teens in an affluent California town to rebel with substance abuse and casual sex.
3. Palo Alto: 'Away from Emma Roberts, the film drifts' – first look review
8 mei 2014 · Palo Alto is adapted from a short story collection by James Franco in which he made fitful record of his own high-school flirtations with the edge.
Tom Shone: Gia Coppola makes her directorial debut with a faithfully slight adaptation of James Franco's short story collection
4. Palo Alto review – unexpectedly engaging California teen angst
16 okt 2014 · Jack Kilmer is very good, with an open, attractive screen presence. He carries the film with unaffected charm. Explore more on these topics.
Jack Kilmer, son of Val, carries this drama – directed by Francis Ford Coppola’s granddaughter Gia – with unaffected charm, writes Peter Bradshaw
5. Review: Palo Alto (2014) - 3 Brothers Film
28 jul 2014 · It's a perceptive film that understands a fair deal about those rich, predominantly white teenagers so full of potential and so consumed by vanity.
A moody and perceptive teen drama.
6. Palo Alto Reviews - Metacritic
The story has something of a flow, but the film feels more like someone dropping in on the characters' lives. It's more about observation than connecting dots.
Shy, sensitive April (Emma Roberts) is the class virgin—a popular soccer player and frequent babysitter for her single-dad coach, Mr. B. (James Franco). Teddy (Jack Kilmer) is an introspective artist whose best friend and sidekick Fred (Nat Wolff) is an unpredictable live wire with few filters or boundaries. While April negotiates a dangerous affair with Mr. B., and Teddy performs community service for a DUI—secretly carrying a torch for April, who may or may not share his affection—Fred seduces Emily (Zoe Levin), a promiscuous loner who seeks validation through sexual encounters. One high-school party bleeds into another as April and Teddy finally acknowledge their mutual affection, and Fred's escalating recklessness spirals into chaos.
7. 'Palo Alto' Movie Review - Rolling Stone
8 mei 2014 · They define the appeal of Palo Alto, a hypnotic movie of harsh truth and healing compassion. It sticks with you.
Delicate business is being transacted in Gia Coppola’s gravely lovely interpretation of a collection of deeply-felt short stories by James Franco. Despite the cool vibe – she’s the 27-year-old granddaughter of Francis Ford and niece of Sofia making her feature directing debut; he’s 36 and, well, everywhere – Palo Alto doesn’t hit you over the […]
8. Palo Alto - Movie Reviews - Rotten Tomatoes
The film is tasteful in its imagistic flourishes, flirting with the surreal only at timely, pivotal moments in the characters ...
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9. Palo Alto – Movie Review - No More Workhorse
16 okt 2014 · Palo Alto – Movie Review ... Directed by Gia Coppola (granddaughter of Francis and niece of Sofia), Palo Alto spins a narrative of sorts out of a ...
Palo Alto – Review by David Turpin Directed by: Gia Coppola Starring: Emma Roberts, Jack Kilmer, Nat Wolff, James Franco Directed by Gia Coppola (granddaughter of Francis and niece of Sofia),…
10. Palo Alto Movie Review | Common Sense Media
2 mei 2024 · Parents need to know that Palo Alto focuses on a group of disaffected high school students in a wealthy suburb who often engage in ...
Moody coming-of-age drama has sex, drinking, language. Read Common Sense Media's Palo Alto review, age rating, and parents guide.
11. Film Reviews: PALO ALTO | - Eat Drink Films
15 mei 2014 · (2014), a film full of adolescent characters fumbling towards self-realization. · is likely to garner a fair share of attention this spring for ...
Read two critical perspectives on PALO ALTO (2014, Gia Coppola), from Michael Guillén and Tien-Tien Jong.
12. Film Review: Palo Alto
23 mei 2014 · Palo Alto is a film where teenagers don't actually talk like teenagers, instead serving as vessels for a much older writer's larger points about teen culture.
A would-be shocking expose about How Kids Are Living Now.
13. Film Review: “Palo Alto” - Memphis Flyer
6 jun 2014 · These four characters' quest for an escape hatch shapes Palo Alto's impressionistic drifting, which owes a lot of its visual sensibilities to ...
Emma Roberts and Jack Kilmer Boys and Girls in America Millions of teenagers may graduate every spring, but a lot of them never really get over high school. They might leave town for good and swear they’ll never look back, but something about those wonderful, horrible teenage days and nights remains lodged inside of them […]
14. Review: Palo Alto
A brief hiccup early in Palo Alto resonates throughout Gia Coppola's debut film, at least for habitués of American teen-angst classics.
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15. FILM REVIEW: Palo Alto (2014) - Gia Coppola - FAD Magazine
2 jul 2014 · Meanwhile, shy and sensitive April struggles with her own befuddlement, not knowing where it is that she belongs in the social structure of high ...
“Where are we going?” “Fucking nowhere.” The characters in Palo Alto float throughout time and space with a disassociation that is strangely relatable. The film has a way with its audience, honing in on those “in between” moments of adolescence that often define teenage angst – the confusion, the lack of purpose. Click more to read more...
16. REVIEW: Gia Coppola's “Palo Alto” depicts dramatic, dark side of ...
5 jun 2014 · If being a teenager is marked by drama and exaggeration, the movie “Palo Alto”depicts it well. “Palo Alto”is directed by Gia Coppola and based ...
If being a teenager is marked by drama and exaggeration, the movie “Palo Alto”depicts it well. “Palo Alto”is directed by Gia Coppola and based on short stories by actor James Franco, who graduated from Palo Alto High School in 1996. Starring James Franco and Emma Roberts, “Palo Alto” depicts the darker sides of teen life:...
17. Palo Alto | Movie review - The Upcoming
2 nov 2014 · Palo Alto is released nationwide on 17th October 2014. Watch the trailer for Palo Alto here: Please accept YouTube cookies to play this video.
Setting itself apart from the crowded genre of clichéd teen dramas, Palo Alto is tastefully delivered by the immense talent of first-time director Gia Coppola, granddaughter of Francis, who has succeeded in crafting an absorbing take on youthful flirtation with bad behaviour and social misdemeanour. The film, based on actor James Franco’s book of […]
18. Palo Alto movie review (Edinburgh International Film Festival)
8 jul 2014 · If, on the other hand, Palo Alto is offered in all seriousness as a meditative contemplation of the boredom of overprivileged, under-aspiring, ...
A meditative contemplation of the boredom of overprivileged, under-aspiring, shallow, spoiled kids. As you’ve been dying to see.
19. Palo Alto (2014) | Film Review. - BY REMY MIA
2 aug 2014 · Palo Alto is the Gia Coppola movie adaptation to James Franco's book of short stories. The story revolves around the lives of a group of teenagers but follows ...
Directed by: Gia Coppola. Starring: Emma Roberts, James Franco, Jack Kilmer, Nat Wolff, Zoe Levin. Palo Alto is the Gia Coppola movie...
20. EEFF 2014 Film Review – Palo Alto (2013) - Forever Nerds
19 sep 2014 · Based on the James Franco penned short stories book of the same name, Palo Alto focuses on the lives of teenagers April (Emma Roberts), ...
Based on the James Franco penned short stories book of the same name, Palo Alto focuses on the lives of teenagers April (Emma Roberts), Fred (Nat Wolff) Teddy (Jack Kilmer – relative newcome…
21. Palo Alto user reviews - Metacritic
To summarize, Palo Alto was PONDEROUS. I can't fathom any critic giving this movie a positive review. If you want to watch a bunch of decidedly unrealistic, ...
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22. Movie Review: 'Palo Alto' - Daily Bruin
8 mei 2014 · Based on James Franco's book of short stories, “Palo Alto: Stories,” Coppola revisits typical and often cliché adolescent dramas, attempting to ...
The teenager – a pimply, awkward, lovesick species – has provided universal themes of angst, rebellion and loss of innocence for generations. Gia Coppola’s debut directorial film, “Palo Alto,” takes advantage of these recurring themes and offers a fresh, compelling look at the strife of the everyday teenager.
23. Movie review | 'Palo Alto' - The Courier-Journal
4 jun 2014 · It's accurate to say that "Palo Alto" is another movie by another Coppola about the lives of the rich, bored and disaffected, ...
Emma Roberts and Jack Kilmer star in a tale of disaffected youth
24. Palo Alto: The film not the city | Cascade PBS
11 sep 2014 · Palo Alto breaks no new ground in its group portrayal of distracted Bay Area teens drifting through druggy parties and sexual fumblings.
Palo Alto director Gia Coppola
25. Movie review: James Franco's 'Palo Alto' is a pleasure
Some are going to say that Franco is slumming here, and is only onboard as an actor so the film would get the green light. But that's not so. Just check out the ...
Does it make a difference if a film you’re thinking of seeing is by a first-time director? Does it help at all if that director’s last name is Coppola? In this case, it’s worth taking the chance. “Pa…
26. Palo Alto | Reelviews Movie Reviews
15 mei 2014 · Most films about teenagers fall into one of two categories: nihilistic tales about angst-riddled kids and saccharine-infused Hollywood ...
Most films about teenagers fall into one of two categories: nihilistic tales about angst-riddled kids and saccharine-infused Hollywood confections. To its credit, Palo Alto occupies a welcome middle ground. With a loose, at times almost dreamlike ...
