White Palace
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In Theaters : 19 October, 1990
DVD Release : 01 March, 2005 |
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MISPLACED INDIGNATION, NOT AN OSCAR TICKET
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Fairly entertaining. I'm usually amused by movies with Spader in them, not that his character changes much from movie to movie, but then why change a good thing? Likewise for Susan Sarandon who's good as well, though I definitely don't agree with the Amazon reviewer who calls this Oscar material. Or I don't know - maybe this is what the Oscars are all about ... which doesn't say much for the Oscars. I don't know if it was her acting or just the script, but come on - this woman had no social graces at all! First she backs old James into a corner over bringing her to Thanksgiving dinner, and then when he finally does, she manages to insult everyone at the dinner - and we're supposed to sympathize with her? She was just rude. And while the party goers WERE rich and somewhat trite, no one was actually rude to her (except his mother - but this seemed to be her personality with everyone). So for all the righteous indignation speeches made by Sarandon's character in other people's homes: A. I didn't beleive it, and B. it seemed misplaced. Or I should say, I didn't beleive it because it seemed misplaced. I know, the result of her inferiority complex for being a fast food worker and 15 years too old for James. Still, the family should have scorned her more or really looked down on her so that her working class indignation could have seemed more warranted - as it was, I didn't buy it. No one had time to justify her inferiority complex - she was too busy insulting everyone! Not what I'd call a moving performance. But then she's not expected to be reasonable - this is 'drama' after all, not the girl scouts!
And still, this wasn't a bad movie. Predictable most of the time, yes, but the story does move along once it gets going. And perhaps more importantly, there are some pretty good just-this-side-of-the-R-rating love scenes which give Sarandan time to make up for what she didn't show in Rocky Horror Picture Show.. which brings up another issue - while Sarandon isn't in the flower of her youth, she's still looking pretty dern good here, and she's no dummy either. BUT - we're supposed to beleive this hottie's working for a burger joint at 44? MAD magazine would have had a field day..
Finally though, if you like Spader and Sarandon as actors, you'll probably like this movie. Not incredibly beleivable, but then "Love is a wonderous thing". Better than 3 stars so I have to give it 4. |
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