Although it wasn't planned, this movie fits right in with the high school theme I was on earlier in the night.
Since I tend to leave things out , here's the blurb from Metacritic:
The movie is focused entirely on the main character. The director even tries not to show the other characters when he's talking to them in certain situations.An unsolved murder at Portland's infamous Paranoid Park brings detectives to a local high school, propelling a young skater into a moral odyssey in which he must not only deal with the pain and disconnect of adolescence but also the consequences of his own actions. As director of "My Own Private Idaho", "Good Will Hunting", "To Die For", and "Elephant", Gus Van Sant has created some of the most memorable works about youth ever committed to film. At the 2007 Cannes Film Festival, he was awarded the 60th Anniversary Prize for Paranoid Park, which is largely considered one of his finest films. (IFC First Take)
I had just written my comments about how there were no decent high school movies for the 00's right before watching this so I was keyed in on that while watching. This movie has nothing to do with computers or console games. The main character doesn't even have a cell phone yet I think it does a great job (otherwise) of giving us an idea of what high school is like. The main character is introverted and doesn't talk much. He narrates the movie (and sounds like he's reading from a paper as is intended) from a journal he is writing in during the movie relating his feelings about what's going on.
I also made another post last night that hit on the changing roles of males and females. This movie touches on that with the main characters girlfriend being the "boss" of the relationship, demanding sex, etc. That's a minor part of the movie though.
Hard to describe this movie except that it's a "Sunday" movie, meaning it's a thinker movie with very little (next to zero) action. A death does take place which is actually pretty gruesome.
http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/paranoidpark
Metactic's score for this movie is 87 and I'm sticking with their rating. Worth a look if you're up for a non-action movie.