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| Apple TV | Season Premiere Date: March 20, 2024 |
Summary:
In 1969, Maxine Simmons (Kristen Wiig) seeks to enter Palm Beach high society in this comedy series loosely based on the book "Mr. and Mrs. American Pie" by Juliet McDaniel.
Genre(s):
Comedy
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Mar 18, 2024
Funny and wicked with very mature humor, Palm Royale is a throwback to yesteryear classics but with more intricately pointed nuance. Whereas a lot of comedy today is about making the audience cringe and feel uncomfortable, Palm Royale plays like the best old-school, slapstick charm, with humor and depth that makes you feel good at the end.
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The Daily Beast
Mar 18, 2024
Mar 19, 2024
It’s still annoying to watch an entire season of TV and feel absolutely zero closure for every minute twist and head-spinning plot that just unraveled over 10 hour-long episodes. But even in its flaws, Palm Royale is still a hell of a good time, and a sudsy, campy series to carry us through the spring TV season.
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Mar 19, 2024
Ultimately, it all starts to feel redundant, even pointless, as Maxine keeps trying to wear the ladies down in episode after episode. At times, there doesn’t seem to be enough story line to fuel 10 hourlong episodes. A little more drama — or even some heavier satire — might have given the show more weight and purpose. Still, it’s an enjoyable, if forgettable, romp.
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Mar 20, 2024
At its best, when it leans into the caricature it sometimes seems to be going for, the show can approximate the verbal pleasures and visual delights of a Coen brothers comedy (think “Intolerable Cruelty”). But with a plot as overstuffed as its characters are thin, the result can be perplexing when it isn’t simply predictable — or ploddingly bureaucratic.
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The Times
Mar 22, 2024
Mar 19, 2024
The problem is that very little of it lands. With the exception of Dern (as a feminist trying to discourage Maxine from becoming one of the Stepford Wives) and Martin (as an employee of the titular club who is wise to Maxine’s game long before everyone else), everyone is playing a cartoon, and giving a performance to match.
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