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Movie Info

A group of old friends reunites at Sydney's Palm Beach to celebrate a special birthday. However, the fun soon gives way to the messy realities of life.

Genre:

drama, comedy
Original Language:

English (Australia)
Director:

Rachel Ward
Producer:

Deborah Balderstone, Bryan Brown
Writer:

Rachel Ward
Release Date (Streaming):

Mar 15, 2020
Runtime:

1h 40m
Production Co:

New Town Films Pty. Ltd.

Cast & Crew

Frances Berry
Caitlin

Bryan Brown
Frank

Matilda Brown
Ella

Richard E. Grant
Billy

Aaron Jeffery
Doug

Jacqueline McKenzie
Bridget

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Critic Reviews for Palm Beach

All Critics (28) | Top Critics (6) | Fresh (13) | Rotten (15)

Palm Beach is a movie that falls square in the "it's fine" category.

August 15, 2019 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Wenlei Ma
News.com.au
The new Palm Beach is a world away from that likably rough and ready effort - it's a polished, visually lush and very likeable entertainment.

August 9, 2019 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…

David Stratton
The Australian
A less likeable group of actors could easily have been upstaged by the conspicuous perfection of the setting and the décor. This bunch hold their own, but a sharper script would have made them shine even brighter.

July 29, 2019 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…

Sandra Hall
Sydney Morning Herald
What makes the whole thing work is Ward's facility with performers, and the wrinkles that are threaded into plot points we've seen a million times before.

June 6, 2019 | Full Review…

Harry Windsor
Hollywood Reporter
There's nothing conceptually wrong with dramas about affluence or affluent people of course, but boy does it take a while to feel even vaguely sympathetic to the troubles confronting Ward's characters.

June 6, 2019 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

Luke Buckmaster
Guardian
This isn't so much a movie as a Venn diagram of working talent, cashing in their chips to have a good time together creating accessible entertainment.

June 5, 2019 | Full Review…

Eddie Cockrell
Variety
Yes, it's a film that celebrates privilege, and yes, it's an exceptionally white film, but Palm Beach is a film that delivers for the market that is craving this kind of material.

April 4, 2020 | Full Review…

Andrew F. Peirce
The Curb
These are all well-off people with minor problems at best, and the film really doesn't pretend otherwise

March 12, 2020 | Full Review…

Anthony Morris
It's Better in the Dark
It's the kind of dramedy that implies that money can buy us happiness but not necessarily a good film.

January 22, 2020 | Rating: C | Full Review…

Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Embarrassingly vapid ... a film that asks its audience to show "unfunded empathy" for the travails of ageing, bourgeois husbands and wives looks less like escapist fun and more like oblivious contempt.

December 11, 2019 | Rating: 2.5/5 | Full Review…

Mel Campbell
ScreenHub
The trouble with a picture postcard backdrop such as Sydney's northern beaches, is that it can be rather distracting - especially in moments of high drama.

September 9, 2019 | Rating: 2.5/5 | Full Review…

Vicky Roach
Daily Telegraph (Australia)
Palm Beach is far from perfect. The script is flawed and has a knack for being overly dramatic. However, the brilliant ensemble always manages to draw you back in whenever a plot point is just a bit too much.

August 19, 2019 | Full Review…

Mark Goodyear
Battle Royale With Cheese