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- 2005
- Not Rated
- Wellspring Media
- 1 h 40 m
- 2005
- Not Rated
- Wellspring Media
- 1 h 40 m
Summary Described as a "fable of innocence," his latest film allows Todd Solondz to savor the profound flavor of moral complexity. (Wellspring Media)
Directed By: Todd Solondz
Written By: Todd Solondz
- 2005
- Not Rated
- Wellspring Media
- 1 h 40 m
- 2005
- Not Rated
- Wellspring Media
- 1 h 40 m
Palindromes
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5.4
Summary Described as a "fable of innocence," his latest film allows Todd Solondz to savor the profound flavor of moral complexity. (Wellspring Media)
Directed By: Todd Solondz
Written By: Todd Solondz
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Metascore
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Based on 36 Critic Reviews
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47% Positive
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 36 Critic Reviews
53
47% Positive
17 Reviews
17 Reviews
28% Mixed
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
25% Negative
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
Most comedies start with a straight story and hang jokes on it; Solondz begins with a cosmic joke and takes his characters by the hand as they suffer through it.
As depressing as it is hard to watch, Palindromes is also consistently, horrifyingly funny and sharp-witted, and the darker and more well-observed its humor, the more it belies the director's unsentimental, even grudging empathy for his fellow DNA monkeys.
The experience isn't for everyone. But it amounts to intellectual penicillin for our sequel-driven, franchise-heavy entertainment culture.
Based on Palindromes, it's easy to see what Solondz is railing against but almost impossible to tell what he's railing for.
As a director, Solondz seems to have his own locked-in fate -- to favor caricature over compassion -- and his movies are the worse for it.
I've never seen anything crazier than Palindromes. You can read that as praise if you're that sort of person, but I don't mean it that way.
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