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Burning Palms

Country: USA, Language: English, 105 mins

  • Director: Christopher B. Landon
  • Writer: Christopher B. Landon
  • Producer: Jason Hewitt; Naz Jafri

CGiii Comment

The Green-eyed Monster...

A sinister tale with incestuous innuendo...the acting lets it down.

This Little Piggy...

Unpleasant, unpalatable, unlikely...the writing lets it down.

Buyers Remorse...

Insulting on so many levels...its mere existence lets it down.

Kangaroo Court...

...the vile child lets it down...and the acting et al...

Man Eater...

A let down.

...Landon wrote that great little short...$30. Here, he displays none of that previous talent...a one short pony.
 
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The(ir) Blurb...

In Santa Monica, a woman becomes alarmingly concerned over her fiancé's unnaturally close relationship with his teenage daughter. In Westwood, a sexual act turns into a psychological obsession for a young woman. In West Hollywood, a gay couple buys a young daughter and attempts to mold her to fit their lifestyle. In Holmby Hills, maladjusted kids and their equally maladjusted nanny play murderous games. In Sherman Oaks, a rape victim faces her violator. In these five stories, one thing is clear, everything is taken to extremes in California.

Cast & Characters

Jamie Chung as Ginny Bai;
Zoe Saldana as Sarah Cotton;
Rosamund Pike as Dedra Davenport;
Lake Bell as Maryjane;
Nick Stahl as Robert Kane;
Robert Hoffman as Chad Bower;
Shannen Doherty as Dr. Shelly;
Paz Vega as Blanca Juarez;
Emily Meade as Chloe Marx;
Dylan McDermott as Dennis Marx;
Victor Webster as Paulo Small;
Colleen Camp as Barbara Barish;
Anson Mount as Tom;
Jon Polito as The Phamacist;
Kate Albrecht as Tammy Lynn