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Palmer (2021) Review

Life comes at you fast

  • Chris Carter Chris Carter
  • February 16, 2021
  • 2 Minute Read
Palmer (2021) Review
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Score: 7 / 10

Justin Timberlake coming into his own as a legitimate actor and someone who has a keen sense of comedic timing; took some getting used to. Look, he was a bit fairly pigeonholed as a “boy band singer” very early on, but he clearly had a spark and showed his stuff in various interviews even at that very early stage. You could tell he was going to make something of himself. Several SNL appearances and many films later, he’s become a respected actor: someone that can arguably carry a film. He does just that in Palmer.

Palmer is a really weird film to talk about, because on the surface, it’s not very remarkable. After doing a 12 year stint in jail for an act we don’t really find out until later in the story (to dramatic effect, and smartly so, so we don’t judge Palmer by his past, only by his current actions), Eddie “Palmer” Palmer returns to his hometown and deals with the fallout. As expected, everything is different. His friends are all grown up (age-wise, at least), his grandmother now rules as essentially his guardian, and he inadvertently befriends a boy that is picked on at school because of his sometimes effeminate tastes.

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Final Thoughts:

Justin Timberlake, ever the surprise, gives a heart and soul to Palmer that doesn’t always come across in the script.
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Palmer (2021)

Director(s): Fisher Stevens
Cast: Justin Timberlake, Ryder Allen, Alisha Wainwright
Studio: Apple+
Running Time: 110

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