Palm Beach (2019 film)

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Palm Beach
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Theatrical film poster
Directed by Rachel Ward
Screenplay by Joanna Murray-Smith
Rachel Ward
Produced byDeborah Balderstone
Bryan Brown
StarringFrances Berry
Bryan Brown
Matilda Brown
Cinematography Bonnie Elliott
Edited byNick Meyers
Production
companies
New Townfilms [1]
Soapbox Industries [1]
Distributed by Universal Pictures [1]
Release dates
  • 5 June 2019 (2019-06-05)(Sydney Film Festival)
  • 8 August 2019 (2019-08-08)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
Box office$3.2 million [2]

Palm Beach is a 2019 Australian comedy drama film directed by Rachel Ward, and starring Sam Neill and Bryan Brown, the latter of whom also co-produced the film. [3]

Contents

Plot

A reunion party is being held at Palm Beach in Sydney by a group of lifelong friends.

Cast

Response

Box office

Palm Beach grossed $3.2 million internationally, $3 million of this in Australia. [5] [2] [6]

Critical reception

On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes , the film holds an approval rating of 46%, based on 28 reviews, with an average rating of 5.1/10. [7]

Sandra Hall of The Sydney Morning Herald wrote, "Rachel Ward's Palm Beach is a seniors' edition of The Big Chill , transplanted to Sydney's northern beaches and populated with a cast of Australian favourites [...] A less likeable group of actors could easily have been upstaged by the conspicuous perfection of the setting and the décor. This bunch hold their own, but a sharper script would have made them shine even brighter." [8] Louise Keller of Urban Cinefile called the film "a good-hearted get-together of old friends and family when resentments flair, flailing relationships are revealed and secrets demand to be heard. But it aches for some grit."[ citation needed ]</ref>

Soundtrack

The original soundtrack was released on 19 July 2019, by Universal Music Australia and peaked at number 37 on the ARIA Charts. [9]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Palm Beach (35mm)". Australian Classification Board . Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Palm Beach (2019) - Financial Information". The Numbers. Nash Information Services, LLC. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  3. ↑ "Palm Beach (2019) - the Screen Guide - Screen Australia".
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Palm Beach: Film Review". hollywoodreporter.com. 6 June 2019.
  5. ↑ "Palm Beach (2019) - Financial Information". The Numbers. Nash Information Services, LLC. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  6. ↑ "Palm Beach (2019)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb . Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  7. ↑ "Palm Beach (2019)". Rotten Tomatoes . Fandango . Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  8. ↑ Hall, Sandra (29 July 2019). "Glamorous location, glittering cast and a secret". The Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  9. ↑ "ARIA Australian Top 50 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. 19 August 2019. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
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