Palmer (2021)
Storyline
After 12 years in prison, former high school football star Eddie Palmer returns home to put his life back together—and forms an unlikely bond with Sam, an outcast boy from a troubled home. But Eddie's past threatens to ruin his new life and family.
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Cast
Justin Timberlake, Juno Temple, Dane Rhodes, Stacie Davis, Lance E. Nichols, Craig Sheffer, June Squibb, J.D. Evermore, Nicholas X. Parsons, Wynn Everett, Jake Brennan, Stephen Louis Grush, Ray Gaspard, Dean Winters, Theodus Crane, Charmin Lee, Jesse C. Boyd, Alisha Wainwright, Suzette Lange, Ryder Allen, Carson Minniear, Hero Hunter, Zonia Pelensky, Molly Sue Harrison
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Reviews
67
Palmer isn’t exactly high art, but it’s no small feat for something so predictable to avoid feeling dishonest.
63
If Palmer isn’t that demanding of star and audience, it’s a perfectly serviceable story for at least reminding the film world that you’re out there, available and perfectly capable of delivering the dramatic goods.
63
Compelling performances make Palmer watchable and fairly affecting despite the fact that we’ve seen this kind of thing so many times before.
60
A capable cast helps the pic rise above its formulaic nature (take out a drunken hookup and some language, and this is a thoroughly mainstream family film, at least for families of non-homophobes), but doesn’t make it a must-watch by any means.
60
TheWrap
What Palmer is, in every sense of the word, is decent. It’s familiar, and predictable, and a little bit hokey. But it’s also genuinely moving and surprisingly memorable, thanks to its two leads.
