paranoid park be about alex and a 16 year old skater who cause the death even if accidentally of a security guard . a the movie go on alex deal with little issue like his parent divorce and the sexual heat of his girlfriend jennifer ( play by taylor momsen who you can currently see in gossip girl ) while he consume by guilt . i have see just one movie by gus van sant so far and elephant and and i can assure you that he keep all his mannerism while do this one . once again he cross time line . once again he use weird film technique like the never end shot of people walk . maybe you like these film technique and i know i do not . the plot feel unsatisfactory to me . it almost to simple to be explore for such a long time . the feeling i get ( same with elephant ) be that gus van sant try too hard to make an artistic movie which cause the movie itself to loose substance . also gabe nevins be pretty bad a alex and there a difference between look alienate or detach and look like a robot . if youre a fan of mr. van sant then watch this and otherwise skip it . negative .