Far from the uplifting sports pictures churned out by Disney, White Palms wallows instead in humiliation rituals, psychic scars and too much time-shifting.
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06/23/07
White Palms (2007)
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Reviews Counted: 9
Fresh: 8
Rotten:1
Average Rating: 7.3/10
Theatrical Release:Jun 20, 2007 Limited
Synopsis: Miklos Dongo is an Olympic gymnast whose career was ended by an injury. He comes to Canada to begin a new life as a coach. Miklos is assigned to train one of Canada’s most gifted young hopefuls.... [More]
Starring: Zoltan Miklos Hajdu, Kyle Shewfelt, Gheorghe Dinica, Orion Radies
Director: Szabolcs Hajdu
Reviews for White Palms
1 - 9 (sorted by date)
A sneaky delight that glides effortlessly between the past and present without a single detour into either the uplifting clichés of American sports movies or the creepy voyeurism that sometimes attends films about young, well-built athletes.
06/20/07
The term 'sports film' doesn't do justice to White Palms, a punishing, beautiful drama about a troubled 30-something Hungarian gymnast.
06/20/07
Top CriticThe more riveting, grim storyline ... is seen in flashback to the early 1980s, as tween Miklos lives like his parents' show pony in an anxiety nightmare of nonstop humiliation, heightened here through haunting soundscapes.
06/20/07
Top CriticAn uncommonly resonant sports drama in which a talented yet troubled gymnast comes to terms with a turbulent past, White Palms proves a distinctive and absorbing third feature by Szabolcs Hajdu.
06/19/07
Top CriticStriking, deeply felt drama.
11/09/06
Top CriticSzabolcs Hajdu's White Palms gives more pleasure than ... a three-ring circus ...
10/27/06
Delivers all the familiar pleasures of a based-on-a-true-story sports drama.
09/23/06
Top CriticAn exhilarating, formally exciting sports drama as well as a telling look at North American society as experienced by someone who grew up behind the iron curtain.
08/25/06
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