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Release Date:
24 October 2007 (Belgium)
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Plot:
A teenage skateboarder's life begins to fray after he is involved in the accidental death of a security guard. full summary | full synopsis
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4 wins
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4 nominations
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(68 articles)
Spotlight Review: Uncertainty
(From The Movie Fanatic. 20 October 2009, 11:13 PM, PDT)
Spotlight Review: Uncertainty
(From The Movie Fanatic. 20 October 2009, 11:13 PM, PDT)
(From The Movie Fanatic. 20 October 2009, 11:13 PM, PDT)
Spotlight Review: Uncertainty
(From The Movie Fanatic. 20 October 2009, 11:13 PM, PDT)
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Not for everybody
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Gabe Nevins | ... | Alex |
| Daniel Liu | ... | Detective Richard Lu (as Dan Liu) |
| Jake Miller | ... | Jared |
 | Taylor Momsen | ... | Jennifer |
| Lauren McKinney | ... | Macy |
| Scott Patrick Green | ... | Scratch (as Scott Green) |
| John Michael Burrowes | ... | Security Guard (as John 'Mike' Burrowes) |
| Grace Carter | ... | Alex's Mom |
| Jay 'Smay' Williamson | ... | Alex's Dad |
| Christopher Doyle | ... | Uncle Tommy |
| Dillon Hines | ... | Henry |
| Emma Nevins | ... | Paisley |
| Brad Peterson | ... | Jolt |
| Winfield Jackson | ... | Christian (as Winfield Henry Jackson) |
| Joe Schweitzer | ... | Paul |
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Rated R for some disturbing images, language and sexual content.
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85 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Canada:14A |
USA:R |
Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) |
Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) |
South Korea:15 |
Taiwan:R-12 (original rating) |
UK:15 |
Ireland:15A |
Sweden:15 |
Netherlands:12 |
Japan:PG-12 |
Norway:11 |
Brazil:12 |
Portugal:M/16 |
Finland:K-13 |
Australia:M |
Argentina:13 |
Austria:16 |
New Zealand:R16 |
Czech Republic:12 |
Peru:14 |
Norway:15 (DVD rating) |
Singapore:NC-16 |
Germany:16 (TV rating) |
Italy:T
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Director Cameo: [Gus Van Sant]Makes an appearance in the coffee shop scene, reading a newspaper.
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Continuity: During the scene where Alex pushes the guard who gets slashed by the trains' wheels, the guard falls backwards, so he's suppose to be lying on his back, but on the shot where Alex is standing next to him, the guard seems to be as he fell forward, and lies on his stomach.
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References Frankenstein (1931)
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The White Lady Loves You More
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"Paranoid Park" is about what is going on in the head of a teenage boy after he has experienced a shattering trauma. He is dislocated and remote and 'not all there', or is he just in shock? It really is up to the audience to decide for themselves, because in an experimental movie like this one, no easy answers are forthcoming.
In general I quite like Gus Van Sant's films, but be aware that you need to judge each of his films on their own merits. This is hardly the Gus Van Sant of Hollywoodian mild indie fare like "To Die For", "Psycho", "Good Will Hunting" or "Finding Forrester". Stylistically "Paranoid Park" is a close cousin to his later "Elephant". Low key, quiet, internalised, sometimes naturalistic, but often dreamy, and with a chronologically fractured time line. None of the actors seemed to be acting at all. Brilliant casting or brilliant acting? I am unsure.
Not for everybody.