Rotten
Subversive by reputation, Solondz is an acquired taste on his best day, and he's just all over the place with this one. Unpleasantly so.
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
Overview
Aviva is thirteen, awkward and sensitive. Her mother Joyce is warm and loving, as is her father, Steve, a regular guy who does have a fierce temper from time to time. The film revolves around her family, friends and neighbors.
Director and cast
- Todd Solondz Director
- Ellen Barkin as Joyce Victor
- Stephen Adly Guirgis as Joe / Earl / Bob
- Sharon Wilkins as 'Mama Sunshine' Aviva
- Richard Masur as Steve Victor
- Emani Sledge as 'Dawn' Aviva
- Jennifer Jason Leigh as 'Mark' Aviva
- John Gemberling as Second Judah
- Debra Monk as Mama Sunshine
- Valerie Shusterov as 'Judah' Aviva
- Will Denton as 'Huckleberry' Aviva
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
43%
Tomatometer
Rotten
The movie's oppressive atmosphere of flatly rendered, all-consuming determinism leaves it sparkless, pointless and ultimately not very funny.
Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star
Fresh
In its own peculiar way, it is a more compassionate and useful religious document than Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ.
Stephen Cole, Globe and Mail
Rotten
Let the discomfort commence.
Chris Vognar, Dallas Morning News
Fresh
Palindromes" isn't a wise movie, or a particularly true movie, but it's an honest one and a singular experience.
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
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