Palo Alto (2013)
Storyline
Palo Alto weaves together three stories of teenage lust, boredom, and self-destruction: shy, sensitive April, torn between an illicit flirtation with her soccer coach and an unrequited crush on sweet stoner Teddy; Emily, who offers sexual favors to any boy to cross her path; and the increasingly dangerous exploits of Teddy and his best friend Fred, whose behavior may or may not be sociopathic.
Directors
Cast
Talia Shire, Don Novello, Emma Roberts, Val Kilmer, James Franco, Marshall Bell, Chris Messina, Colleen Camp, Nat Wolff, Janet Jones, Greta Seacat, Olivia Crocicchia, Zoe Levin, Janet Song, Christian Madsen, Jack Kilmer, Keegan Allen, Margaret Qualley, Claudia Levy, Jacqui Getty, Andrew Lutheran, Bo Mitchell, Bailey Coppola, Brennen Taylor, Atlanta Decadenet, Anna Thea Bogdanovich, Micah Nelson, Timothy Starks, Emma Gretzky, Genevieve Penn, Jesse Jo Stark, Jamal Hammadi, Laney Fichera, Nathalie Love, Sandra Seacat, Jessica Elle Taylor, Janet Salter, Amelia Burstyn, Grear Patterson, Nick Stewart, Jake Nordwind
Trailer
Reviews
100
Village Voice
The movie perfectly captures the vibe of late high school, in a way that's both of its time and timeless.
87
Palo Alto is one of the best movies ever made about high school life in America (admittedly a low bar), blurring the lines between how unique it is to be a teenager, and how universal it is to feel like one.
80
The best feature film directed by someone named Coppola in a number of years.
75
Though it lacks a cohesive means of fusing together its interlocking vignettes, Palo Alto effectively showcases the despair and sophomoric rebellion of teen life with a mature eye that clearly establishes a new filmmaker to watch.
75
The result is a thoughtful, dreamlike (at times, nightmarish) tour through the day-to-day lives of several suburban California teens.
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