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Palmetto (1998)

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Reviews Counted: 29 Fresh: 10  Rotten:19 Average Rating: 5/10

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Runtime: 2 hrs

Synopsis: Upon returning to his fetid Florida hometown after a bum-rap prison stint, grizzled and jaded ex-muckraker Harry Barber gets a curious proposal from the bored young wife of a decrepit millionaire: kidnap her stepdaughter and split the hefty ransom. But before you can say "plan gone awry,"... Upon returning to his fetid Florida hometown after a bum-rap prison stint, grizzled and jaded ex-muckraker Harry Barber gets a curious proposal from the bored young wife of a decrepit millionaire: kidnap her stepdaughter and split the hefty ransom. But before you can say "plan gone awry," the plan's gone awry--and Harry's the convenient fall guy. Revisionist noir, based on "Just Another Sucker" by James Hadley Chase. [More]

Genre: Dramas

Starring: Woody Harrelson, Elisabeth Shue, Gina Gershon, Rolf Hoppe, Michael Rapaport

Director: Volker Schlöndorff
Producer: Matthias Wendlandt
Story: James Hadley Chase
Screenwriter: E. Max Frye
Composer: Klaus Doldinger

DVD Info

Release:

Jun 6, 2000

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Phil Villarreal
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07/02/04
Carol Cling
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Just an average neo-noir that's kinda fun to watch once on cable.

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06/17/04
Luke Y. Thompson
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Dragan Antulov
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Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
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Decent twisty-turny thriller, but a lot of the twists don't make sense. Try to decipher it if you can.

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Fred Topel
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Walter Chaw
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Leonard Schwarz
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