I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

This is a gorgeous movie made by a gorgeous spirit.

Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

It's been a long time since I watched movies and I have to say that this kind of movies has reminded me of the reason why I watch movies. The difference between books and movies is that books are so much easier; the reader could imagine and project anything they want from their own experiences onto the books. Movies, on the contrary, are often frowned upon because the screenplay is the director's vision, thus, there is much less left for fantasy for those dreamers who want to enjoy the movie in their own way. As a person getting out of high school, I fully relate to this. Even though I live in a remote part of Asia and could not experience such wild events as in the movies, somehow, I could understand the message. Despite a great many of their unreasonable actions that would seem unintelligible to older generations including self-destructive behaviors done out of self-hate, insecurities, they crave love and want to contribute something meaningful to their own life. Judging from their own circumstances, it was understandable that they were under too many pressures, both from within and without; hence, they couldn't realize what was wrong and what was right. By putting themselves out there, facing their problems, these youngsters have been courageously transforming every aspect of their life and as a result, become a better person. The process may take a long time and may not promise an easy route but I believe that with determination, these kids will succeed. Gia Coppola have done an amazing job in depicting what is happening with the young nowadays, striving to live in a world full of turmoil and struggling to find a purpose of their life.

Being that this is from a book of short stories (though inter-connected I believe) from James Franco, it's interesting that Palo Alto works as well as it does. At first I wasn't quite sure, and the first half of the movie appears like it'll be just a lot of aimless partying and following 'oh, whatever' teen angst and mishaps; as one girl (Emma Roberts) navigates her own feelings for the boys around her, another guy (Jack Kilmer) gets into car-crash trouble and has to serve community service. Meanwhile, Nat Wolf is like De Niro in Mean Streets transposed into sunny suburban California: a don't-give-a-f*** guy full of crazy - or just a little attention perhaps - and is very likely a sociopath at best.A lot of this is character stuff, and one could accuse Gia Coppola (daughter of the late Gian-Carlo, grand-daughter of Francis, the latter does a voice of the judge by the way), of doing some of the same middle-upper class navel-gazing as her Aunt Sofia has done in work like the Virgin Suicides or Somewhere. But the good news with Palo Alto is that, after kind of a rocky, ho-hum start, the characters gain some interest, some perspective. It helps that Robert's story involves her soccer coach with a romantic link and played by Franco himself and, whether it's due to his own material or not, he's really good here, subtle, damaged, creepy but not in an overt way, perfectly suburban. And Jack Kilmer's character - as does his performance - grows and deepens over the course of the movie through his work as an artist and in community service.Palo Alto edges out to be a satisfying experience, though it's more cumulative; you may wonder where this is going after the first half hour and if these self-important teenage-wasteland-ers will be worth following. But I think the creativity in Frano and Coppola's writing is that, meeting them halfway, there's more depth and heartbreak and genuine empathy you get for them as they experience more and more. The most original stuff? Maybe not. At the least it keeps things relatively low-key, and is a revelation for Nat Wolf as the live-wire of the group. It's less about 'oh, don't you feel bad for these well-off people, they have feelings too' than 'these are just people, they're pained, they're growing, give them time before they self-destruct.'Oh, and Val Kilmer's in it too as an off-in-his-world stoner step-dad. Which is awesome.

From what I can tell, James Franco really cranks them out. From what I have seen, however, most of those efforts fall flat. It is as if his mind works so fast he just has to get product out there, no mater how half-baked it comes off.This is yet another story of his about how truly messed up the Millennials are. I am no spring chicken and can reference "teen angst" films all the way back to Cheaper by the Dozen. We had James Dean and Brando; we had The Beats, the Hippies, the Brat Pack, the 90210-ers, and now the Millennials. All I can say is, with the other groups, they at least seemed to WANT to grow up. Millennials on the other hand don't seem to have the slightest desire to. Cliché, cliché, cliché. I have never understood the fascination with filmmakers to film so-called teens trashing someones' house at a party as if it is expected of them. Of course the teen hostess makes the obligatory plea to behave or her parents will kill her. All that was missing was the pizza rotating on a stereo turntable (flashback to the 20th Century. Sorry.). I was very popular in high school but never attended a party where we would entertain wandering off into a parents' bedroom for a hook up. Nor did we sit around and play games giving away sex secrets (if we even had any such secrets). There was such a thing as SHAME.Of course, as with most teen movies, we never really know where the parents (adults) are and if we do see them, they are just extended versions of adolescence - nobody ever wants to be "old." None of these kids "problems" seemed sympathetic unless you realize they did not get this way by themselves, that there were actually generations BEFORE them who set the scene.As I said, I have seen a few Franco films now, particularly an attempt at comedy where the world came to an end (he played himself in that one). Atrocious.Most teen angst films focus on the teens' desire for respect as adults from adults; anxiety about the future, etc. These kids in Palo Alto could not seem to care less. It is all about them - NOW. Tomorrow? What is THAT?

Review: Man, I really got fed up with watching these teenagers going around doing nothing but drinking and smoking. The characters were boring and the structure of the movie seemed to drift from one story to another without much point or substance. It seemed like low budget indie movie starring destructible children who don't have that much to do with there life's. Its hard to summarise what the film is actually about because it based around a group of school kids who are doing normal day to day things, which doesn't really end up anywhere. The main character in the film, who has a brief affair with her school teacher, finds out that her close friend loves her and then the film abruptly ends. Another one of the characters is a destructible youth who always pushes situation to the max but that doesn't really end up anywhere either. Basically, I don't know what the director was trying to achieve with this film because there isn't a moral to the story. There isn't any major situations which change the direction of the film so it's very one tone without much point. The director also, didn't really go into much depth with the characters so it did get quite boring after a while. I must admit, I am getting a bit fed up with these type of movies because the kids are just going around without a care in the world and there only problems are with relationships and friendships. Anyway, I think that you can tell that I didn't really enjoy this film, but if you want to watch a bunch of teenagers having sex, drinking and smoking then you might enjoy it. Dull!Round-Up: After seeing that this film was written by James Franco, I can only think that his mind was in a strange place when he wrote it. He has made some weird movies, like Child Of God and As I Lay Dying,  which are very different in many ways but not that great. This film is nothing like the others that he has made so he's obviously trying to cover every genre. Personally, I couldn't get into the film but there is an audience for this type of movie, in America. Along with James Franco, Nicolas Cages cousin, Gia Coppola, made the movie and at 28 years old, you can see that it was made from a young person who can relate to these type of teenage/college situations. As I didn't go to college in America, these teenage movies always seem a bit far fetched and unreal but maybe I have to experience it to understand it. Usually the comedy in this movies are quite funny, like in Superbad and the American Pie franchise but this film seemed like a serious drama which was the wrong genre to pick. Anyway, there wasn't anything interesting happening in the film from my point of view so it gets the thumbs down from me.Budget: N/A Worldwide Gross: $900,000I recommend this movie to people who are into their teenage dramas about a group of school kids who have nothing to do with there life's but drink, smoke, love and party hard. 2/10