Irina Palm is a showcase for Faithfull but it never truly allows her to shine.
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06/08/08
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Irina Palm (2008)
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Reviews Counted:44
Fresh:31
Rotten:13
Average Rating:6/10
Consensus: A strong performance from Faithfull anchors this perverse and lethargic -- but ultimately thought-provoking -- Garbarski drama.
Theatrical Release:Mar 21, 2008 Limited
Synopsis: Belgian director Sam Garbarski assembles an international cast for this thought-provoking drama. Iconic singer and actress Marianne Faithfull stars as Maggie, a middle-aged woman whose desire to... [More]
Starring: Marianne Faithfull, Miki Manojlovic, Kevin Bishop, Siobhan Hewlett
Director: Sam Garbarski
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Reviews for Irina Palm
A gobsmackingly awful British film -- awful in the way that somehow only British films can be: our TV drama, of whatever quality, is never as creaky, naive, badly written and flatulent as this.
10/18/08
The performances will keep you watching, and make Irina Palm well worth seeing.
06/13/08
There’s a heartwarming quality that softens the hardcore setting but this does lack an assured, er, hand.
06/13/08
Un drama sensible y austero, no exento de cierto sentido del humor, que deja de lado cualquier aspecto sórdido del asunto para concentrarse en una historia de amor y sacrificio.
12/04/08
Has the ability to catch us off guard and make us think.
03/21/08
Casting an iconic ’60s libertine in the titular role may seem cute, but the actor’s sad-clown rictus and faint smiles nullify any deal-breaking bathos.
03/20/08
Tonally all over the place, pic is built around a would-be humorous script, but jiggery lensing and gloomy lighting suggest helmer Sam Garbarski is under some delusion that he's making a slice of gritty realism with romantic undertones.
03/24/07
Top CriticA perverse male fantasy masquerading as an earnest story about a woman's life-altering experience.
03/21/08
Excuse me while I wash down the film's nasty aftertaste with some Broken English.
03/16/08
Remember Mick Jagger and Marianne Faithfull as a youthful rock ‘n’ roll power couple in 1960s London? Now both wrinkly, he’s still singing and prancing; she’s become an accomplished actress, judging by her role in Sam Garbarksi’s ironic Irina Palm.
03/21/08
A funny, touching and original coming-of-age tale with a big difference: the person coming of age is way past menopause rather than decades ahead of it.
11/08/07
This would never have worked with anyone else but Faithfull, who gives a touching performance even as she flaunts her 40-year metamorphosis from porcelain pop diva to elderly bad girl.
05/16/08
Top CriticA sentimental British sex comedy anchored by a delightful performance from Marianne Faithfull.
03/12/08
takes the notion of risqué empowerment a few preposterous steps further.
06/13/08
Top Critic[A] lethargically directed comedy.
03/21/08
Top CriticA pleasingly sentimental British domestic drama.
06/13/08
Top CriticGarbarski combines social satire, hand jobs, feminism, and romantic grace to create a tenderhearted tale of found love and female empowerment. And he actually pulls it off, give the guy a hand. On second thought...
07/30/08
At first blush, it seems like another entry in the saucy-but-safe Brit genre, a la Calendar Girls, Saving Grace or The Full Monty, but it turns out to be both more ambitious and less successful than those diversions.
05/30/08
Scenes and characters are half-baked, merely a means to propel Maggie's character to her final flowering.
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