Palo Alto

PALO ALTO...sidles up to you, gets whispery close, then sidles away again, leaving behind an enveloping vapor that lingers for a sweet long time.
-- Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

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Palo Alto

Shy, sensitive April (Emma Roberts) is the class virgin, torn between an illicit flirtation with her soccer coach Mr. B (James Franco) and an unrequited crush on sweet stoner Teddy (Jack Kilmer). Emily (Zoe Levin), meanwhile, offers sexual favors to every boy to cross her path — including both Teddy and his best friend Fred (Nat Wolff), a live wire without filters or boundaries. As one high school party bleeds into the next — and April and Teddy struggle to admit their mutual affection — Fred's escalating recklessness starts to spiral into chaos. An unflinching portrait of adolescent lust, boredom, and self-destruction, PALO ALTO is a teen movie for the ages — an astonishing debut feature from writer-director Gia Coppola, based on the book “Palo Alto: Stories” by James Franco and featuring new music from Devonté Hynes (Blood Orange).
R
Genre
Drama
Runtime
98
Language
English
Director
Gia Coppola
Cast
Emma Roberts, James Franco, Jack Kilmer, Nat Wolff, Val Kilmer, Chris Messina, Talia Shire
FEATURED REVIEW
Manohla Dargis, New York Times

The kids in Gia Coppola’s “Palo Alto” move as through a dream. It’s a drifty, appealing story, set in the Northern California city that gives the movie its title, about that twilight period between childhood’s end and the start of young adulthood. Here, under wavering palm trees, teenagers slip ...

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