Palo Alto

"Privileged garbage."

"This brought back a lot of memories. Even though my high school years were '83 through '87, I guess a teenage party is a teenage party is a teenage party, no matter your decade! Someone wrote that this was "privileged garbage". I get it. But even privileged people go through the angst-y teens. Even privileged people hurt and make bad decisions and have crappy parents. My family wasn't rich but we certainly weren't poor. We had a big house and went on vacations and had money for everything we needed and most things we wanted. That doesn't mean I had a great life. There was abuse of multiple kinds in my house and I partied and had casual sex and did drugs and made stupid, STUPID choices to hide the pain and to help me ignore the feelings of disgust in myself. So I don't judge the privileged. We are all the makings of our parents and their care of us, or lack thereof. Yeah, sure, there's some nature in there, but I blame the nurture (again, or lack thereof) of my parents for the way my life went. Yes, I do take responsibility for where I am in life, but there is not much we can do to get over the things done to us in our most precious of years. Anyway, enough about that. Let's just say that this is a movie most people will find some way to relate to. Whether it's the girl who has such a low self esteem that she will have sex with anyone because she thinks that means she's lovable, to the stoner with so much anger and hatred in his heart, he will do pretty much anything bad without caring who he hurts, including himself. Then there's the sweet guy who finds himself friends with the wrong kind of people (person) and even though being a good person feels right to him, he always does what the bad person wants...and ENJOYS it. It's almost like he isn't content with himself being a decent person. And lastly, there's the "good girl" who finds herself being groomed by a teacher for things he shouldn't be doing. See comments for the rest of my review. "

"Honestly loved this and found it very interesting. Definitely recommend for a specific audience"

"Didn’t really like it"

"why do i get the urge to punch james franco in the throat everytime he smiles or laughs"

"AMAZING soundtrack "

"This is definitely a weird movie. There is grooming so if that is a trigger for you you should watch this movie"

"Why am I feeling empty lol"

"I watched Palo Alto April 10th"

"This movie is awesome, I love Gia Coppola’s films."