Palmetto
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Generally favorable reviews- based on 4 Ratings
- Starring: Elisabeth Shue, Gina Gershon, Woody Harrelson
- Summary: Woody Harrelson plays a small-timer suckered into a fake kidnapping plot and facing hard time if he can't untangle a mystery involving three women (Shue, Gershon, Sevigny), false identities, cold corpses and assorted clues framing him. (Warner Home Video)
- Director: Volker Schlöndorff
- Genre(s): Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Romance, Crime
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Positive: 2 out of 20
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Mixed: 16 out of 20
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Negative: 2 out of 20
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83Palmetto has a satisfyingly deceptive plot that ultimately takes one too many turns.
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75Harrelson hits just the right sardonic note in this self-mocking crime drama, but look out for grisly touches along the way.
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60The film, adapted from a novel by James Hadley Chase, aspires to out-noir every other film noir that has been lumped under that popular term, including "The Big Sleep" (which it resembles), in plot trickery and steaminess.
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30Palmetto, directed by the German genius Schlondorff, who memorably brought "The Tin Drum" to the screen, somehow never quite finds the right line through the materials.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 2 out of 3
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Mixed: 0 out of 3
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Negative: 1 out of 3
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