Solondz continues ... to venture into more surreal, twisted territory with his intelligent but often baffling approach to storytelling.
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10/20/04
Palindromes (2005)
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Reviews Counted:110
Fresh:47
Rotten:63
Average Rating:5.3/10
Consensus: Unique but cold.
Runtime: 1 hr 40 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: With PALINDROMES, fiercely independent writer-director Todd Solondz (HAPPINESS, STORYTELLING) places the topic of abortion under his scathing microscope. This time around, Solondz takes an even... [More]
Starring: Ellen Barkin, Debra Monk, Stephen Adly Guirgis, Jennifer Jason Leigh
Director: Todd Solondz
Reviews for Palindromes
Taken as a series of shorts, Palindromes offers many pleasures.
05/03/05
For a filmmaker supposedly aligning himself with the freaks and geeks of this world, Solondz appears dead set on making bullies of us all.
05/03/05
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10/23/04
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04/01/06
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06/07/05
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06/24/06
Top CriticTake away the subversive hilarity of his movies, and [Solondz] could well be the cinematic equivalent of the Unabomber.
04/17/05
potentially decent film buried under the thick layers of misanthropy
11/27/05
Beyond the discombobulating abstract symbolism the story finds its footing.
05/04/05
Too often Solondz mistakes contradiction for complexity in his efforts to prod viewers into a reaction.... Yet his satirical lobs hit the mark enough to be taken seriously...
04/28/05
Solondz's satiric targets are obvious but his intentions are mysterious -- possibly even to the filmmaker himself.
05/13/05
Aviva ... learns that everything and everyone sucks. Which we've already learned if we've watched any of Solondz's other movies.
05/05/05
Doesn't seem to know if it's coming or going.
09/09/04
Top CriticA shallow, transparent satire/social commentary, Palindromes lives and dies on a gimmick.
04/12/05
It's a film that demands you get deep inside its troubled heroine's psyche by continually yanking the rug out from under you with her inconsistent outward appearance.
05/08/05
We don't think we understood it. And that's after two viewings, just to be on the safe side.
05/13/05
It's not easy to keep your soul alive in a world of abortions, suburban anomie, sexual predators, and wayward Christians willing to kill in the name of the unborn.
10/12/04
Solondz isn’t just smart, but singularly brilliant at pinpointing the way inner neuroses and insecurities are as much a constant in life as exterior joys and tragedies
04/15/05
Worthless... another steaming, audience-flattering load of snickering misanthropy and pointless provocations from the increasingly irrelevant Todd Solondz.
04/12/05
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