A contender for worst film ever made that genuinely tried to be a film, Palo Alto follows four of the most bland and boring teenagers I've ever seen. I neither sympathised with their plights nor cared for their successes. April is supposedly the class virgin (a fact mentioned an hour and twenty minutes into the film), torn between her teacher and the sweet stoner Teddy (they have all of 2 scenes together). Emily offers sexual favours to every boy who crosses her path....and that's literally it. Its not even a story. The narrative is one of the dullest and worst paced I've ever seen, with plot points weaving in and out without any clear relevance. James Franco cracks a joke about an hour in and its literally one of two highlights in the film. The acting is flat and the editing horrendous. I would rather subject myself to a Transformers marathon than subject myself to this film again, which I'd sooner believe this film was made by Tommy Wiseau (The Room) than anyone from the Coppola clan.
Review of Palo Alto
