White Palms
Strand Releasing | Release Date: June 20, 2007 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
72
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Generally favorable reviews based on 4 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
0
Negative:
0
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80
The New York TimesMatt Zoller Seitz
The term "sports film" doesn't do justice to the director Szabolcs Hajdu's movie White Palms, a punishing, beautiful drama. Read full review
75
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
The film's climax, which cuts back and forth between the 16-year-old Dongo (Silas Radies, whose younger brother plays Dongo as a ten year old) making his dangerous debut with the fly-by-night Aurora Circus and the 2002 competition that takes him back to Hungary for the first time in years is nothing short of riveting. Read full review
70
VarietyEddie Cockrell
An uncommonly resonant sports drama in which a talented yet troubled gymnast comes to terms with a turbulent past. Read full review
70
Village VoiceAaron Hillis
The bulk of White Palms--and the more riveting, grim storyline--is seen in flashback to the early 1980s. Read full review
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