Solondz secures sincere performances from his able cast, and no one can accuse him of pulling his punches.
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04/15/05
Palindromes (2005)
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Reviews Counted:110
Fresh:47
Rotten:63
Average Rating:5.3/10
Consensus: Unique but cold.
Theatrical Release:Apr 13, 2005 Limited
Box Office: $476,497
Synopsis: With PALINDROMES, fiercely independent writer-director Todd Solondz (HAPPINESS, STORYTELLING) places the topic of abortion under his scathing microscope. This time around, Solondz takes an even... [More]
Starring: Ellen Barkin, Debra Monk, Stephen Adly Guirgis, Jennifer Jason Leigh
Director: Todd Solondz
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05/06/05
It's a more challenging trek, but well worth it for some.
05/05/05
Top CriticSolondz isn’t just smart, but singularly brilliant at pinpointing the way inner neuroses and insecurities are as much a constant in life as exterior joys and tragedies
04/15/05
As depressing as it is hard to watch, Palindromes is also consistently, horrifyingly funny and sharp-witted.
04/14/05
Top CriticThe characters in Solondz films spend their entire existences in that uncomfortable split second, and his unique achievement is that, for 90 minutes or so, he makes us exist right there with them.
05/05/05
It should be said that Solondz is an equal-opportunity misanthrope, mocking the garishly insensitive rah-rah-abortion mom, the thoughtlessly fanatical opposition, and everyone in between.
04/14/05
A boldly intriguing if not entirely satisfying subversion of American family values.
09/09/04
Most demanding.
09/15/05
For those willing to take it, Palindromes has its share of backhanded rewards.
04/28/05
Top CriticThere may not be a more troubled filmmaker in the world today who isn’t taping beheadings for Islamic Jihad.
04/15/05
Solondz captures some recognizable adolescent attitudes. Along the way, he also doles out dollops of tenderness and spoonfuls of humor that will have his fans laughing, even if a tad uncomfortably.
03/24/05
[A] triumph of Solondz’s bleak fatalism over his heroine’s ingenuously American insistence on the possibility of happiness.
04/14/05
You wind up savoring the discomfort.
03/22/05
It's not easy to keep your soul alive in a world of abortions, suburban anomie, sexual predators, and wayward Christians willing to kill in the name of the unborn.
10/12/04
What could have been Solondz's most complex and challenging film winds up being a bit on the flat side.
04/15/05
No comic filmmaker in America today works so hard to stay on the knife's edge between humor and pathos or is so eager to challenge his viewers emotionally.
04/29/05
Beyond the discombobulating abstract symbolism the story finds its footing.
05/04/05
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07/14/07
An intentionally awkward masterpiece.
09/17/04
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