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Palmer
MEANRANK
73/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1775
- IMDb #1557
- Google retired #290
- Rotten Tomatoes #1700
- Metacritic #2777
- Letterboxd #1910
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2622
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #956
- Metacritic Critics #3145
- Metacritic Audience #1980
- Criticker #1786
- AlloCiné #745
- Trakt #478
Every rating
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 49, highest is Google on 94. Critics average 62, everyone else 76.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →After serving twelve years in prison, a former high-school football star returns to his hometown to live with his grandmother. He forms an unlikely bond with a young boy from a troubled home next door, who is often bullied for his gender nonconforming behavior. As he helps care for the boy, he finds redemption and a new purpose, defending him against a prejudiced community.
Details
- Director
- Fisher Stevens
- Writer
- Cheryl Guerriero
- Released
- 28 January 2021
- Country
- United States, Luxembourg
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 110 min
- Rated
- R
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Cast
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Awards
3 nominations total
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