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(1 - 34) of 34 OFCS Rating: 42% Rotten Page   1   "[If Solondz isn't] having fun relating Aviva's determinedly depressive misadventures then what has he invited us into the theater for?"   Blogcritics.org   Alan Dale 1.5/4 "For all its temerity, Palindromes fatally lets Solondz's reputation precede it"   Film Freak Central   Bill Chambers 1/5 "For all its pompous attempts at seriousness and emotional depth, Palindromes is actually a remarkably shallow affair."   eFilmCritic.com   David Cornelius 2.5/4 "Underdeveloped and uneven yet oddly watchable, the gimmicky Palindromes once again cements the conceit that nobody makes films quite like Todd Solondz."   rec.arts.movies.reviews   David N. Butterworth 2/4 "...positive aspects are undermined by the bizarre rotating-actresses gimmick, which makes it impossible for the viewer to ever connect with [the central character]."   Reel Film Reviews   David Nusair A- "Most demanding."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz 3/10 "potentially decent film buried under the thick layers of misanthropy"   Draxblog Movie Reviews   Dragan Antulov 2/4 "Palindromes is Todd Solondz's first significant cinematic failure, a pitch-black fable twice as shallow and trite as it is intriguing."   TheMovieBoy.com   Dustin Putman .5/4 "Solondz fancies himself a spokesman for the socially oppressed but does to celluloid what future serial killers of the world do to butterfly wings."   Slant Magazine   Ed Gonzalez F "As intelligent as tacks in Jell-O, and likely as painful to swallow."   FilmJerk.com   Edward Havens C "Mildly interesting, but it examines humanity's hypocrisy and stupidity in not nearly so amusing a fashion as Solondz has done before."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider C- "A mostly uncomfortable experience that doesn't carry a compensating degree of insight or impact."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 3/5 "It's not easy to keep your soul alive in a world of abortions, suburban anomie, sexual predators, and wayward Christians willing to kill in the name of the unborn."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat 1.5/4 "A shallow, transparent satire/social commentary, Palindromes lives and dies on a gimmick."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 2.5/5 "Take away the subversive hilarity of his movies, and [Solondz] could well be the cinematic equivalent of the Unabomber."   Los Angeles Alternative   Jay Antani 2.5/4 "Beyond the discombobulating abstract symbolism the story finds its footing."   Palo Alto Weekly   Jeanne Aufmuth 1/5 "another hour and 40 minutes of hatred for the world and everyone in it"   Filmcritic.com   Jeremiah Kipp "An intentionally awkward masterpiece."   Planet Sick-Boy   Jon Popick 4/10 "Aviva...in all her permutations, may as well be a bug under the director's microscope."   All Movie Guide   Josh Ralske 3.5/5 "With his sense of predestination, [director] Solondz is like the Sam Shepard of sterile suburban strip malls."   Film-Forward.com   Kent Turner B+ "While not as perversely enjoyable as his sophomore masterpiece... "Palindromes" nonetheless serves up experimental, thought-provoking fare with a side of queasy comedy"   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford "Slightly more accomplished than Storytelling (which was a troubled production to begin with) it appears as if Solondz is returning to his filmic roots"   Monsters At Play   Lawrence P. Raffel "Todd Solondz’s latest provocation is Palindromes, yet another uncomfortable fable of suburban dysfunction, puberty, and statutory rape."   Not Coming to a Theater Near You   Leo Goldsmith 2/5 "It's a mean-spirited and obvious excuse to wallow in physical and moral ugliness no matter how you look at it."   TV Guide's Movie Guide   Maitland McDonagh 1/5 "Not beneath contempt -- but definitely at the same level as contempt."   eFilmCritic.com   Peter Sobczynski 4/5 "Solondz continues ... to venture into more surreal, twisted territory with his intelligent but often baffling approach to storytelling."   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline B- "Todd Solenz continues to march to his own tune and it may be a discordant one to many."   Reeling Reviews   Robin Clifford 3/5 "OK, I'll admit it: I've next to no idea what to make of Palindromes, and you know what? I doubt the filmmaker would have a problem with me owning up to it."   DVDTalk.com   Scott Weinberg B- "Too often Solondz mistakes contradiction for complexity in his efforts to prod viewers into a reaction.... Yet his satirical lobs hit the mark enough to be taken seriously..."   Seattle Post-Intelligencer   Sean Axmaker 2.5/4 "Unless Solondz can break out of this freakish rut he's created for himself, he may become the directorial equivalent of a palindrome himself."   Reel.com   Timothy Knight 3.5/4 "Solondz's first spiritual film."   Film Freak Central   Walter Chaw 8/10 Read review   Movie Gazette   Anton Bitel 3/4 Read review   Big Picture Big Sound   Joe Lozito Read review   Wolf Entertainment Guide   William Wolf  (1 - 34) of 34 OFCS Rating: 42% Rotten Page   1