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Palindromes (2004)

Overall Score: 8 out of 10

Starring: Ellen Barkin, Richard Masur, Stephen Adly Guirgis, Debra Monk, Emani Sledge, Valerie Shusterov, Hannah Freiman, Rachel Corr, Will Denton, Sharon Wilkins, Shayna Lavine, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Matthew Farber, Robert Agri, John Gemberling, Alexander Brickel, Ashleigh Hertzig, Walter Bobbie, Richard Riehle, Ebrahim Jaffer, Angela Pietropinto, Bill Buell, Hillary B. Smith, Danton Stone, Stephen Singer, Risa Jaz Rifkind, Dontae Huey, Tyler Maynard, Courtney Walcott, Joshua Eber, Khush Kirpalani, Sydney Matuszak, David Castro, Andrea Demosthenes

Director: Todd Solondz

Running Time: 100 minutes

US MPAA rating: N/A
UK BBFC rating: 15
Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Young Aviva declares to her mother (Ellen Barkin) that she does not want to end up like Dawn Wiener, who has just committed suicide. Instead what Aviva wants is babies, and several years later, aged 12, she manages to get herself pregnant, only to be pressured into an abortion by her parents. Unaware that she underwent an emergency hysterectomy during the termination, Aviva adopts a false name and runs away, hoping to fall pregnant again - and so begins her strange journey through an American Wonderland of paedophile truckers, born-again Christians, rescued children and pro-life extremists - a journey which will change Aviva's life forever, and yet take her right back to where she started.

There are many films, like 'That Obscure Object of Desire' (1977), 'Fight Club' (1999),

It's Got: Awkward sex, abortion, paedophilia, Christian fundamentalism, and a loose visual notion of identity.

It Needs: To be avoided by fun-loving rom-com fans - this film is grimly disturbing glimpse into the American nightmare.

Alternatives: 'Welcome to the Dollhouse', 'The Lovers of the Arctic Circle', 'The Night of the Hunter', 'That Obscure Object of Desire', Last Life in the Universe

Summary: Solondz blends suburban hyperreality with the mythic journey to show that the more people change, the more they stay the same. Overall Score: 8 out of 10


Review Date: 29th April 2005


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