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Reviews
Palo Alto (2013)
Better off watching ANYTHING by Harmony Korine
I was really interested in this movie. I was enjoying it and honestly couldn't wait and was really hoping to see something terrible happen to Fred (Nat Wolff). I was also hoping the ending wouldn't be bad, but it was worse than I could have imagined. Absolute trash with not a single story line coming to a close. Made the entire rest of the movie a complete waste of time. Yes, I get the whole "movie without a plot being artistic and showing how kids live" vibe, and I always appreciate Franco and Roberts. But once the end credits started rolling it immediately felt like a complete failure of direction. I will NEVER watch another movie by Gia Coppola. I would recommend that she sit down and watch ALL of Harmony Korine's movies again. And I say "again" because it is clear as day that she has seen them all, and has now made a sh** movie trying to live up to his unique and captivating films. Both a shame and a waste.
The Local (2008)
More Real Than Most
Went into this with pretty high hopes and honestly the first half hour made me a bit weary. I thought i was going to be extremely disappointed. But from the half hour mark until the very end, this movie was real, raw, and honest. This is the first time I have heard of Dan Eberle, although he does look familiar, and he did an incredible job at portraying his emotions and confusion about where his place in life is. I always have an immense amount of respect for people who can write, direct, and star in the same movie. The acting from each character didn't come off as strong or over the top. In fact, it didn't seem like acting at all, it was very natural. Happy to say that I was impressed with this film, and I'm very glad that I watched it. Great underlying story of the importance of family, the support needed to be clean, and how we can go out of our way to help others that are in worse shape than ourselves.