The Tribes of Palos Verdes

R

Released Dec 1, 2017

1 hr. 45 min.

Comedy

Drama

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29 Reviews

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250+ Ratings

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When the Mason family moves to idyllic Palos Verdes, Calif., the father, Phil, loves it but the mother, Sandy, feels out of place among the fake tans and tennis skirts. Phil and Sandy's daughter, Medina, is a loner and outcast at school, while her charismatic brother, Jim, is effortlessly popular. When Medina and Jim take up surfing, they must prove their right to share the waves with the tough Bayboys gang that monopolizes their stretch of beach.

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The Tribes of Palos Verdes serves up a minor -- albeit alluringly atmospheric -- variation on the coming-of-age story, led by a strong performance from Maika Monroe.

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Jerod S

Garner is excellent with her mental disorder poured on top of a narcassistic husband that wants to move to Cali to do more surgeries. Twin kids struggle as their parents fall apart and they find themselves surfing.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

11/22/23

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Encapsulated Teen Angst Via The Many Avoidance Methods A Beachside Suburb Holds. Just Because You Have Paradise On Your Doorstep, Does Not Mean Modern Day Problems Disappear. Establishes Quite Well The Idea Of How Disconnected People Can Be When They're All Trying To Escape.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/21/23

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Not my type of movie 1.9

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

10/10/21

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Aside from this being Jennifer Gardners best performance to date; The Tribes is a very good account of a family torn apart by divorce and the selfish nature of a gutless patriarch. The poetry of the ocean and the destruction of drugs, come together to reveal an even sense of pain and healing.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/14/23

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mccane m

It feels more like a brilliantly executed MFA graduate project than a film intended for the cinema or a wide audience. It ticks every box well but somehow still misses the mark.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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An emotional coming-of-age story with an excellent supporting performance from Garner.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/27/23

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Emmett Malloy

Director

Brendan Malloy

Director

Jennifer Garner

Sandy Mason

Maika Monroe

Medina Mason

Cody Fern

Jim

Noah Silver

Adrian

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Emily Yoshida

New York Magazine/Vulture

It's a gorgeous-looking, sensitively edited film to be sure, but never finds a dramatic foothold, no matter how many manic arguments and drug overdoses it throws our way.

Aug 13, 2018

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Matthew Lickona

San Diego Reader

What's the point of white privilege if it doesn't protect you from disaster and despair?

Rated: 1/5

Dec 15, 2017

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Robert Abele

Los Angeles Times

The directors get some melancholic atmosphere out of their visuals but don't have the scene sense to build their actors' committed performances into compelling through-lines of seaside personality disintegration.

Dec 7, 2017

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Jennifer Merin

AWFJ.org

Written by Karen Croner, the film features a strong performance from Jennifer Garner, who plays against type as Medina's emotionally unstable mother who cannot cope with her doctor husband's infidelities and his decision to end their marriage.

Nov 4, 2021

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Cate Marquis

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Maika Monroe and Cody Fern make The Tribes of Palos Verdes the success it is. Utilizing a diarylike narration the film is a slow burn through the downward spiral of one family's West Coast transition.

Nov 4, 2021

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MaryAnn Johanson

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Maika Monroe and Jennifer Garner shine in as a mother and daughter at odds with each other but both deeply impacted by toxic masculinity *and* toxic consumerism...

Nov 4, 2021

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Synopsis

When the Mason family moves to idyllic Palos Verdes, Calif., the father, Phil, loves it but the mother, Sandy, feels out of place among the fake tans and tennis skirts. Phil and Sandy's daughter, Medina, is a loner and outcast at school, while her charismatic brother, Jim, is effortlessly popular. When Medina and Jim take up surfing, they must prove their right to share the waves with the tough Bayboys gang that monopolizes their stretch of beach.

Director: Emmett Malloy, Brendan Malloy
Executive Producer: Cassian Elwes, Jeff Kwatinetz, Steve Matzkin, Kevin McKeon
Screenwriter: Karen Croner, Joy Nicholson
Distributor: IFC Films
Production Co: The Firm
Rating: R (Some Sexual Content|Language Throughout|Drug Use)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 1, 2017, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 1, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $3.7K
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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