If you’re like me, you can’t resist a new film starring the likes of Shannen Doherty and Dylan McDermott. I know, it almost sounds like too much of a good thing. But wait, there’s more.
New release “Burning Palms” (actually, it was scheduled for release nearly a year ago, but apparently the distributors forgot) co-stars Zoe Saldana, Lake Bell, Nick Stahl, Paz Vega, Adriana Barraza, Colleen Camp, Jamie Chung, Robert Hoffman, Peter Macdissi, Emily Meade, Anson Mount, Rosamund Pike, Austin Williams, Chandler George Brown and Tom Wright.
I know, hard to believe they’re all in one film right? But this is an ensemble piece, which means that at least 30 different actors share the bill, each one getting about 10 minutes total screen time.
The film was written and directed by Christopher B. Landon, who also wrote the 2007 thriller “Disturbia.” According to producer Oren Segal. the film is “a John Waters version of Short Cuts.” Does that mean overlong and pretentious, or in seriously bad taste…or both?
