Palmer (2021)
Palmer is a 2021 drama movie directed by Fisher Stevens, with a running time of 1h 50m. It stars Justin Timberlake, Ryder Allen and Juno Temple.
Eddie Palmer comes home to small-town Louisiana after twelve years in prison, a former high school football star with nothing left to trade on the name. He moves in with his grandmother and takes a job mopping floors at a school. Next door lives Sam, a bullied boy who likes dolls and glitter and whose mother keeps vanishing. The two drift into an unlikely friendship that neither went looking for. Justin Timberlake plays Palmer plainly, a man trying to stay boring on purpose while old trouble keeps circling his careful new life.
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What is Palmer about?
Eddie Palmer comes home to small-town Louisiana after twelve years in prison, a former high school football star with nothing left to trade on the name. He moves in with his grandmother and takes a job mopping floors at a school. Next door lives Sam, a bullied boy who likes dolls and glitter and whose mother keeps vanishing. The two drift into an unlikely friendship that neither went looking for. Justin Timberlake plays Palmer plainly, a man trying to stay boring on purpose while old trouble keeps circling his careful new life.
When was Palmer released?
Palmer was released on 28 January 2021.
How long is Palmer?
Palmer runs 1h 50m.
Who made Palmer?
Palmer was directed by Fisher Stevens.
Where can I watch Palmer?
Palmer is available on Apple TV, Apple TV Amazon Channel, Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home and Google Play Movies.
Where to watch Palmer
Stream: Apple TV, Apple TV Amazon Channel
Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Cast
- Justin Timberlake as Eddie Palmer
- Ryder Allen as Sam
- Juno Temple as Shelly
- Alisha Wainwright as Maggie Hayes
- June Squibb as Vivian Palmer
- Dean Winters as Jerry
- Wynn Everett as Lucille Coles
- Jesse C. Boyd as Tommy Coles
- Charmin Lee as Judge Ellen Antheem
- Jake Brennan as Jake
- J.D. Evermore as Principal Forbes
- Stephen Louis Grush as Daryl Reed
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A few thoughts on Palmer
Government Cheese also opens with a father coming home after time away and trying to reassemble a family that moved on without him, though it plays the reunion for oddball comedy. For the ache under Palmer's second-chance story, We now return to regular life sits with a family relearning how to live around someone who has come back.
Ex-convicts rebuilding a life after release
Palmer follows a former football star home from prison to mop floors and start over, and these sit in the same reentry. Rectify traces a man freed after years on death row, The Shawshank Redemption earns its hope the hard way, Government Cheese brings a father back to his family, and Aaron Hernandez charts the fall.