There is simply no way to get or stay involved in a movie when the main character has more physical forms than Count Dracula, especially when most of the amateur actors assuming the role cannot act at all.
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04/13/05
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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Reviews for Palindromes
Top Critic[Solondz] is a blazing original (despite his bland settings), he has a carefully considered point (despairing as it is) and he never denies humanity to even stupid or despicable characters.
04/13/05
Top CriticHowever brazenly it challenges audience expectations, Palindromes contributes little to such dialogue except more unfocused rancor.
04/13/05
Top CriticWorthless... another steaming, audience-flattering load of snickering misanthropy and pointless provocations from the increasingly irrelevant Todd Solondz.
04/12/05
Is Solondz a moralist or a misanthrope, or both? Does he hold his characters or his audience in greater contempt?
04/12/05
Top CriticA shallow, transparent satire/social commentary, Palindromes lives and dies on a gimmick.
04/12/05
Top CriticThe weakest and most problematic of his films, Todd Solondz’s Palindromes” continues his exploration of suburban anomie, again centering on the socially oppressed.
03/29/05
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
You wind up savoring the discomfort.
03/22/05
Palindromes reeks of Solondz's trademark nastiness, reveling in a childish ability to shock the viewer. It all adds up to a painfully dull, slipshod and pointless portrait of America.
02/06/05
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10/23/04
Solondz continues ... to venture into more surreal, twisted territory with his intelligent but often baffling approach to storytelling.
10/20/04
The real problem, it seems to me, is not that Mr. Solondz goes too far, but that he seems to have no particular direction in mind, no artistic interest beyond the limitless ugliness of humanity.
10/14/04
Top CriticIt'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
Solondz fancies himself a spokesman for the socially oppressed but does to celluloid what future serial killers of the world do to butterfly wings.
10/11/04
another hour and 40 minutes of hatred for the world and everyone in it
10/11/04
...positive aspects are undermined by the bizarre rotating-actresses gimmick, which makes it impossible for the viewer to ever connect with [the central character].
09/19/04
An intentionally awkward masterpiece.
09/17/04
For all its temerity, Palindromes fatally lets Solondz's reputation precede it
09/15/04
A boldly intriguing if not entirely satisfying subversion of American family values.
09/09/04
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