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| Universal Pictures | Release Date: October 19, 1990 |
Starring:
Corey Parker, Eileen Brennan, James Spader, Jason Alexander, Jonathan Penner, Kathy Bates, Rachel Chagall, Renée Taylor, Steven Hill, Susan Sarandon
Summary:
Still getting over the death of his wife, a young advertising executive meets an older waitress, a woman that might set him free.
Glenn Savan's novel offered a stronger exploration of Reaganism and consumerism, but overall he's served well by this intelligent, involving adaptation. There's an unmistakable charge between the two leads, and an acute sense of their mutual confusion. Acting honours go to Sarandon, who brings off a complex depiction of vulgarity, defiance and vulnerability.
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White Palace doesn't entirely work on this level (and is certainly no "Graduate"), but it carries a fascinating subtext. It dramatizes rejection of '80s values by a member of the '90s generation. Like several movies already released this year, it is a hopeful statement that the new decade will be - if not a return to the '60s - at least a clean break with the recent, shallow past. [19 Oct 1990]
White Palace is formula stuff, but it succeeds on the strength of performances, a clever script and thoughtful direction by Luis Mandoki. [19 Oct 1990, p.G11]
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