In a message dated 1/3/05 9:52:25 AM,
david_duncan@att.net writes:
> I enjoyed Palmetto -- a sunshine neo-noir starring
Woody Harrelson that is
> more or less in the vein of Red Rock West (1992) and
Wild Things (1998).
> It's a bit overheated and somewhat predictable,
despite a number of
> final-reel plot twists. But the typical noir
farrago of moral corruption,
> sexual manipulation, betrayal, and double crossings
it serves up still works
> for me. It certainly doesn't hurt that female
stars Elizabeth Shue, Gina
> Gershon and Chloe Sevigny are all quite easy on the
eyes. (Interestingly,
> Shue and Gershon play against their usual types with
Gershon as the dutiful
> wife and Shue as the alluring femme
fatale.)
>
Palmetto seemed to me to be a noir made by a bunch of people
who knew nothing about noir
John Lau
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