Rotten
Subversive by reputation, Solondz is an acquired taste on his best day, and he's just all over the place with this one. Unpleasantly so.
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
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Palindromes
Overview
Aviva is thirteen, awkward and sensitive. Her mother Joyce is warm and loving, as is her father, Steve, a regular guy who does have a fierce temper from time to time. The film revolves around her family, friends and neighbors.
Director and cast
- Todd Solondz Director
- Matthew Faber as Mark Wiener
- Angela Pietropinto as Mrs. Wiener
- Bill Buell as Mr. Wiener
- Emani Sledge as 'Dawn' Aviva
- Ellen Barkin as Joyce Victor
- Valerie Shusterov as 'Judah' Aviva
- Richard Masur as Steve Victor
- Hillary B. Smith as Robin Wallace
- Danton Stone as Bruce Wallace
- Robert Agri as First Judah
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
43%
Tomatometer
Rotten
The movie's oppressive atmosphere of flatly rendered, all-consuming determinism leaves it sparkless, pointless and ultimately not very funny.
Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star
Fresh
In its own peculiar way, it is a more compassionate and useful religious document than Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ.
Stephen Cole, Globe and Mail
Rotten
Let the discomfort commence.
Chris Vognar, Dallas Morning News
Fresh
Palindromes" isn't a wise movie, or a particularly true movie, but it's an honest one and a singular experience.
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
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