White Palace

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Summary: Sarandon Sizzles
Review: A single burger-flipping urbanite and a wealthy jewish broker respectively, sarandon and spader are socially economically and religiously ill-suited. But in the aftermath of a brief tryst, spader finds himself inexorably drawn to Sarandon. A 15 year age difference jellies at the root of his conflicting, and sometimes shameful, treatment of her- he wrests with peer pressure and the meaning of love, slowly letting her slip away. or will he? she's no spring chicken, but sarandon proves, surprisingly, that she can do the sex-love thing with enough hay to burn the edges off the screen. just trust me; watch it. you'll forget to munch the popcorn, that's how good it is.

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Summary: A Movie I can See Again and Again!
Review: As a native St. Louisan and someone who had seen "White Palace" 12 years ago when it was first released, I was surprised by how little I had paid attention to this truly outstanding artistic creation until I saw it again. The sexual chemistry between James Spader and Susan Sarandan was electric; the supporting roles by James Alexander, Kathy Bates, Eileen Brennan, Rachael Levine and Corey Parker were truly professional; but the plot is what I found mesmerizing and so true to life. Nora Baker touched Max Baron's heart and soul unlike anyone had done since Janie( his wife's) death and allowed him to truly examine who he was and what would bring him a sense of peace and happiness for the rest of his life. The fast paced rat race of living the upper middle class Jewish existence in Ladue, Mo became sterile and meaningless when he realized that it was not too late to change his life i.e, leave St. Louis for NYC and go back to teaching (his true love) and finding the one person (Nora) whom he could be true to himself with! The fact that Nora was 16 years older, a heavy smoker and drinker, from a poor lower class family and a complete opposite of Max's made the attraction all the more intense. And the movie so spell-binding!!

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Summary: steamy, yet funny.
Review: I borrowed this video from a Library, not really knowing what to expect. It turned out to be a pretty steamy and hilariously funny movie. James Spader was really very sexy, playing the part of an upscale 27 year old Jewish widower. Susan Sarandon really played a convincing part of a poor conditioned living 44 year old woman. Both were lonely people looking for love. This is one very good steamy love story.

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Summary: A good, solid love story with great performances...
Review: I found this film to be a very moving and touching love story. The chemistry between the two lead characters is fantastic and holds the attention of the viewer. I am a big fan of James Spader and he does a fantastic job in this film, even though I prefer his more recent movies. This is a good film to check out if you are a fan of either Spader or Sarandon.

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Summary: Wonderful Teaming of Actors
Review: I just saw the edited version of "White Palace" and I remember how much I enjoyed the uncut version, with its gritty realism. Please note the description above says "starring Luis Mandoki," when he's the director! The star is the vastly underutilized James Spader who I just saw in a strange movie called "Secretary." Here he's in love with the older Susan Sarandon and it's magic. I also read the book, whick is quite different from the movie, but they're both quite enjoyable. Pop the popcorn and enjoy!

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Summary: Wonderful Teaming of Actors
Review: I just saw the edited version of "White Palace" and I remember how much I enjoyed the uncut version, with its gritty realism. Please note the description above says "starring Luis Mandoki," when he's the director! The star is the vastly underutilized James Spader who I just saw in a strange movie called "Secretary." Here he's in love with the older Susan Sarandon and it's magic. I also read the book, whick is quite different from the movie, but they're both quite enjoyable. Pop the popcorn and enjoy!

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Summary: one of my favs
Review: I saw this movie again after 10 years and really found it an enjoyable two hours. The premise of the movie is two wounded souls who seem to have nothing in common coming together and struggling to understand their place in the world or if there is a place in each other's worlds. The performances were first rate, the dialogue runs true and I highly recommend this movie.

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Summary: one of my favs
Review: I saw this movie again after 10 years and really found it an enjoyable two hours. The premise of the movie is two wounded souls who seem to have nothing in common coming together and struggling to understand their place in the world or if there is a place in each other's worlds. The performances were first rate, the dialogue runs true and I highly recommend this movie.

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Summary: ''White Palace,the movie for the Blue''
Review: If anybody has not seen this movie,you should,it is the most best movie!,if you love romances with a kind heart and a warm fuzzy feeling,you will like White Palace.Susan Surandon grabs your heart and ,makes you fall in love with her,as James Spader did and it has a bit of sexuality,but don't we all need that in our lives?.Think about it,its a great movie!

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Summary: Romance Can Come When You Least Expect It.
Review: James Spader, a personal favorite of mine, stars with Susan Sarandon in this entertaining adaption of the Glenn Savan novel. I own and read that too, and although a book is ALWAYS deeper in detail, I was not disappointed with this film. ................ Max Baron, a twenty seven year old Jewish widower coming from his buddy Neil's (Jason Alexander, pre Costanza) bachelor party, meets poor white anglo trash waitress Nora (Susan Sarandon) at "White Palace" restaurant. He has come to claim six empty boxes that should have had burgers in them. Instead he gets no burgers, just a refund and lots of attitude from a beligerent Nora behind the register. ............... After being thoroughly depressed and feeling sorry for his loss more than ever, Max gets drunk. On his way home, he stops in a country music bar for a nightcap. A few gulps later, he is spotted by a cigarette puffing drunken Nora, attracted to Max, she is therefore, swilling AND willing. I don't think ANYONE would actually need drinks to find Spader attractive though. ................ After Max relents and lets Nora stay and have a drink, despite being surlier earlier...they end up back at her place. It is then, that two consenting, inebriated adults begin their December/May romance. ................ What Max had intended as one night stand, somehow ends up being true love, despite the ethnic differences, social status disparity, and disapproving friends and family. Max and Nora make-up, and break-up, and come to a crossroads in their relationship, but true love conquers all. ............... All the performances from the leads are well executed, you feel for Max. His analogy at a party, where his friends are trying to find him a more suitable mate is terrific. When asked if he likes the girl, Max's says, "There's No dust in her dustbuster!" This sums up his feelings perfectly. He doesn't WANT a perfect young girl, he wants imperfect older Nora. ................ I found this to be a warm, enjoyable romantic comedy/drama. Luis Mandoki did a fine directing job, and the script adaption was fine in telling the story. Jason Alexander was good as Neil, Max's best friend. There were also many good minor roles of various friends in Max's circle of snobs that really made you root for Nora all the more. A fun cameo was Kathy Bates in a small role as Spaders boss............. All in all, a winner that is definitely worth seeing, and adding to the romance selections in your film collection.