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Palm Beach

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A group of old friends reunites at Sydney's Palm Beach to celebrate a special birthday. However, the fun soon gives way to the messy realities of life.
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Wenlei Ma News.com.au Palm Beach is a movie that falls square in the "it's fine" category. Rated: 3/5 Aug 15, 2019 Full Review David Stratton The Australian The new Palm Beach is a world away from that likably rough and ready effort - it's a polished, visually lush and very likeable entertainment. Rated: 3.5/5 Aug 9, 2019 Full Review Sandra Hall Sydney Morning Herald A less likeable group of actors could easily have been upstaged by the conspicuous perfection of the setting and the décor. This bunch hold their own, but a sharper script would have made them shine even brighter. Rated: 3.5/5 Jul 29, 2019 Full Review Dennis Harvey 48 Hills A Big Chill-type ensemble piece... Feb 13, 2023 Full Review Andrew F. Peirce The Curb Yes, it's a film that celebrates privilege, and yes, it's an exceptionally white film, but Palm Beach is a film that delivers for the market that is craving this kind of material. Apr 4, 2020 Full Review Anthony Morris It's Better in the Dark These are all well-off people with minor problems at best, and the film really doesn't pretend otherwise Mar 12, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Absolute stinker. Like an episode of Neighbours or Home and Away. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Stephen K Overacted and badly directed, couldn't watch. This movie has some of the great actors of old and should have been funny and engaging, but it's really disappointing. Only managed to get through the first 15 minutes before we had to give up. I blame the director. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 04/23/21 Full Review Audience Member If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review wayne m Palm Beach is a perfectly fine film but one that could never be described as essential. It's pleasant, sometimes funny but never meaty enough to truly connect. The film is set in the affluent northern Sydney suburb of Palm Beach. Frank is celebrating a birthday and he has invited the members of a band that he managed many years ago in The Pacific Sideburns, yes it's a horrible name. At first it's good times as old memories are hashed out and there is joy at friends being reunited. But over the few days old memories become bad memories as old wounds are reopened. There is also some regret among some few about how their lives have turned out. Even Frank, who made a fortune through a clothing line, has regret about growing old. It's a great cast with Sam Neill and Bryan Brown doing sterling work but it never truly works as the drama seems a bit inconsequential and the laughs feel a little forced. So for light entertainmtnet it works but doesn't really convince. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member I hated this pile of drivel. I resented watching it. A display of white people living about as far away rom anyone that is racially diversive as they possibly can. When they arnt in their inner city mansions they are on the insular penisular or at their farms. Screaming of white privilege and toxic masculinity we watch the aging cast pretend they are a good ten years younger than the age of the characters they are playing and I am being very gracious when I say only ten years. How do they get funding to even make an indulgent elitist movie like this? What about the other 99.99% of Aussies out there doing it tough? Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/26/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A group of old friends reunites at Sydney's Palm Beach to celebrate a special birthday. However, the fun soon gives way to the messy realities of life.
Director
Rachel Ward
Producer
Deborah Balderstone, Bryan Brown
Screenwriter
Rachel Ward
Production Co
New Town Films Pty. Ltd.
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
Australian English
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 15, 2020
Runtime
1h 40m
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