In the hands of cinematographic mastermind Christopher Doyle, teenage spats, telephone calls and coasting skateboarders are infused with lyricism and dreaminess.

It's breathtaking, heartbreaking, tragic, gorgeous, and true all at the same time.

[An] intriguing, mind-altering skateboard elegy.

Van Sant retains the lovely insider's perspective of floating on the surface of an alien if familiar-looking planet, courtesy of one-time Wong Kar Wai cinematographer Christopher Doyle.