Advanced Search Beta »
Basic Search Fields
White Palms
Metascore
72 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 4 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4
view
per page
  1. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Matt Zoller Seitz
    80
    The term "sports film" doesn't do justice to the director Szabolcs Hajdu's movie White Palms, a punishing, beautiful drama.
  2. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Maitland McDonagh
    75
    The film's climax, which cuts back and forth between the 16-year-old Dongo (Silas Radies, whose younger brother plays Dongo as a ten year old) making his dangerous debut with the fly-by-night Aurora Circus and the 2002 competition that takes him back to Hungary for the first time in years is nothing short of riveting.
  3. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Aaron Hillis
    70
    The bulk of White Palms--and the more riveting, grim storyline--is seen in flashback to the early 1980s.
  4. Variety
    Reviewed by: Eddie Cockrell
    70
    An uncommonly resonant sports drama in which a talented yet troubled gymnast comes to terms with a turbulent past.
prev next
Page:
  • 1