Paranoid Park

Director: Gus Van Sant

Cast: Gabe Nevins, Daniel Liu, Taylor Momsen, Jake Miller, Lauren McKinney

(IFC First Take, 2007) Rated: R

US theatrical release date: 7 March 2008 (Limited release)

UK theatrical release date: 26 December 2007 (General release)

[12 March 2008]

by Cynthia Fuchs

PopMatters Film and TV Editor

True That

The movie realizes Alex's desperate, poetic subjectivity in layers. His halting voiceover is perfectly unmatched with the uneven editing and skips back and forth in time.

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