Paranoid Park
2007
· Movie
· 85 min
C
MEANRANK
68/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2709
- IMDb #3276
- Rotten Tomatoes #2414
- Metacritic #888
- Letterboxd #1985
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2332
+7 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #3006
- Metacritic Critics #456
- Metacritic Audience #2396
- Criticker #1172
- Kinopoisk #4038
- AlloCiné #2873
- Trakt #4470
Every rating
56–84
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 56, highest is Metacritic critics on 84. Critics average 80, everyone else 65.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A teenage skateboarder spends his time at Portland's infamous Paranoid Park skate spot. His life is shattered after a accidental, tragic encounter with a security guard. Wracked with guilt and fear, he withdraws from his friends and girlfriend, trying to process the event and decide whether to confess his secret to anyone.
Details
- Director
- Gus Van Sant
- Writer
- Gus Van Sant
- Based on
- Paranoid Park by Blake Nelson
- Studio
- Meno Film Company, MK2 Productions
- Released
- 12 July 2007
- Country
- United States, France
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 85 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $3.0M
- Box office
- $4.5M
- Awards
- 1 win, 1 nomination
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 2 →1 win from 2 nominations across 2 ceremonies
| Independent Spirit Award 2008 | Best Director | Nominee | |
| Producers Award 2008 | Producers Award | Neil Kopp | Winner |
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Independent Spirit Award
1 nomination
| Best Director | Nominee |
Producers Award
1 nomination, 1 won
| Producers Award | Neil Kopp | Winner |