The Palace (2023) | Rotten Tomatoes (2024)

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A C I laughed! And quite a lot. It's a good low budget comedy with moderate dis on the rich.These critics with 0/5 scores are f@ck1ng tools, paied by the 1%. And in their sick mind they are so afraid to lose their paycheck. That's all. Rated 4.5/5 Stars • Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 05/04/24 Full Review Igor M Funny and original with a huge distance to everything - The Palace shows the comedy genius of Polanski, not often appreciated. Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 04/06/24 Full Review Raul G Hacía mucho tiempo que no me reía tanto. Me hizo revivir todo el delirio del fin de siglo, las teorías sobre el fin del mundo, la interminable galería de rosotros monstruosos provocados por la cirugía plástica, la cultura del derroche y la ostentación de los nuevos ricos, la decadencia. Muy buenos gags, sostenidos en la sutileza de los gestos y las situaciones. Otra muestra de la versatilidad de Polanski para contar historias. Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/03/24 Full Review Diana K It kind of surprises me that many people see in this movie is a slapstick, definitely not smart or somehow important. From a bit different perspective, this movie talks about whats truly wrong with our century: it shows the roots of atrocities we are witnessing now, few decades later in the 21 century. And it does it with great humor. In a fancy hotel, which implies our world, you can see representatives of the Western countries thinking about dogs poop and those of Eastern getting drunk and fighting for their selfish interests. And all of that while watching the rise of Putin just like some soap opera in the background. Nobody cared, that's the truth. And the only human element, which are cousins from the Check Republic, is being dismissed. A great movie. Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/01/24 Full Review chamidu a The film is very good. It is shot in one location(The Gstaad Palace in Switzerland here) like many of Polanski's films. Both Mickey Rourke and Oliver Masucci are great here. Many renowned actors working today would fall flat on their face if they tried to play these two characters. Who better to be rude to everything and everyone around him than Mickey Rourke? But his character has depth here. He is very warm and very friendly with the Bank Manager character. Clearly Rourke is one of the most talented actors of his generation. His face certainly looks very different than what it once was but it fits in with the character and doesn't detract from the quality of his performance. The film has minor flaws like some hideous exterior shots of the hotel and the final frame is certainly not great especially when taken out of context. But I was never bored and there is always something going on(tracking shots through hallways, constant use of red and green in the frame and an outstanding first scene). Apart from the two leads newcomer Bronwyn James also stood out. She stole every scene away from the great John Cleese when they were together especially before he ultimately went to his happy place. It is not among the best of Polanski but easily better than most well rated films out there mainly because they don't have a master like Polanski behind the wheel Rated 4.5/5 Stars • Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/26/24 Full Review Adam C Film Money listen up: next time someone pitches you a film, put aside the reputations of the talent attached and READ the script all the way through, okay? Don't just say to yourself, "Well, it's got Polanski and Cleese and Ardant, so… yeah!" READ!If it's nothing more than a collection of separate silos of self-contained stories with only the Man In Charge running around frantically trying to keep Armageddon from happening, then it's all been overdone many times before and it's not worth putting your good money behind bad.Sadly, Daddy Warbucks didn't read the script for "The Palace"; he just forked over more than $18,000,000 based on the Polanski-Cleese-Ardant package and never looked back.If he had, he would have seen an atrocity on film. A murder of reputations. A tragedy of a comedy. In short, an embarrassment.I noticed on Rotten Tomatoes that critics gave this film a 0%, while viewers gave it a 65%. If ever there was a time to fear that these viewers are the same people wildly entertained by the fictional TV series "Ow, My Balls!" featured in the film "Idiocracy," now is that time.If you don't heed my advice, the next thing you know we'll all be faced with "Dude, Where's My Car 2: Lost At the Mall," and it will have a one hundred million dollar production budget. Rated 0.5/5 Stars • Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/25/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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