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Far from the uplifting sports pictures churned out by Disney, White Palms wallows instead in humiliation rituals, psychic scars and too much time-shifting. Jun 23, 2007 | Rating: 3/6 | Full Review…
Far from the uplifting sports pictures churned out by Disney, White Palms wallows instead in humiliation rituals, psychic scars and too much time-shifting.
Melissa Anderson
The term 'sports film' doesn't do justice to White Palms, a punishing, beautiful drama about a troubled 30-something Hungarian gymnast. Jun 20, 2007 | Rating: 4/5
The term 'sports film' doesn't do justice to White Palms, a punishing, beautiful drama about a troubled 30-something Hungarian gymnast.
Matt Zoller Seitz
The 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. Jun 20, 2007 | Full Review…
The 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.
Aaron Hillis
An 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. Jun 19, 2007 | Full Review…
An 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.
Eddie Cockrell
Striking, deeply felt drama. Nov 9, 2006
Striking, deeply felt drama.
Sheri Linden
Delivers all the familiar pleasures of a based-on-a-true-story sports drama. Sep 23, 2006 | Rating: 3/4
Delivers all the familiar pleasures of a based-on-a-true-story sports drama.
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. Jun 20, 2007 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
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.
Maitland McDonagh
Szabolcs Hajdu's White Palms gives more pleasure than ... a three-ring circus ... Oct 27, 2006 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Szabolcs Hajdu's White Palms gives more pleasure than ... a three-ring circus ...
James Wegg
An 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. Aug 25, 2006 | Full Review…
An 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.
Boyd van Hoeij
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