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White Palace

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White Palace (1990)

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Reviews Counted:13

Fresh:7

Rotten:6

Average Rating:5.6/10

Runtime: 1 hr 43 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: A waitress in a White Palace fast-food restaurant meets a young, recently widowed, Jewish advertising executive at a bar. They "tentatively" and "uncertainly" start an affair which turns torrid... A waitress in a White Palace fast-food restaurant meets a young, recently widowed, Jewish advertising executive at a bar. They "tentatively" and "uncertainly" start an affair which turns torrid very rapidly and eventually leads to her leaving town and him quitting his job, abandoning his old life and following her. [More]

Starring: Susan Sarandon, James Spader, Eileen Brennan, Kathy Bates

Starring: Susan Sarandon, James Spader, Eileen Brennan, Kathy Bates, Rachel Levin, Renee Taylor, Corey Parker, Steven Hill, Jonathan Penner, Barbara Howard, K.C. Carr, Maria Pitillo, Jeremy Piven

Director: Luis Mandoki

Director: Luis Mandoki
Producer: Griffin Dunne
Composer: George Fenton

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Despite excellent performanes, the film moves so slow you'll have nodded off by the time the good bits come

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09/17/02
Clint Morris
Clint Morris
Moviehole

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02/03/05
Daniel M. Kimmel
Daniel M. Kimmel
Worcester Telegram & Gazette
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Desson Thomson
Desson Thomson
Washington Post

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06/19/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

A convincing psychodrama about the redemptive power of love which can even overcome deep-seated class differences.

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08/30/04
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
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05/20/03
Janet Maslin
Janet Maslin
New York Times
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08/04/04
Linda Cook
Linda Cook
Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)

Not a great movie but sexy as hell.

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04/20/07
Lori Hoffman
Lori Hoffman
Atlantic City Weekly
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05/12/01
Peter Travers
Peter Travers
Rolling Stone

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06/19/05
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Worth it for Spader and Sarandon.

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Rob Gonsalves
Rob Gonsalves
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06/10/04
Sarah Chauncey
Sarah Chauncey
Reel.com

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07/25/02
Scott Weinberg
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02/04/03
Shannon J. Harvey
Shannon J. Harvey
Sunday Times (Australia)

Decent but predictable steamfest.

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06/06/05
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Widgett Walls
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