Just Like It Sounds

Palindromes (2005)

Starring: Ellen Barkus, Jennifer Jason Leigh Directed by: Todd Solondz Rating: NR Genre: Drama Other

Review A palindrome is a word that sounds just like it is spelled (just like solondz. Get it?) and the conceit here is that the soundtrack sounds the same backwards and forwards. What's the point? Mr. Solondz, who made his name directing naked froogettes gyrating in cages for Motley Sister videos, doesn't seem to realize that DVDs (and movies for that matter) don't spin on platters. Sorry Mr. S, I don't have fancy "diggety-digital" sound equipment with which to listen to your expensive experiment in sensory perception. The time will come when Hollywood's chunk-monkey navel-gazing technocrats like the smugly righteous Mr. Solondz will be called before Gabriel to present their credentials. I'd like to see the look on the archangel's face when he's presented with this petrified mule gumdrop.