Palmer: release date, cast, storyline, trailer release, and everything you need to know.

Palmer is an American drama film from 2021 that was written and directed by Cheryl Guerriero and Fisher Stevens. Ryder Allen, June Squibb, Alisha Wainwright, Justin Timberlake, and Juno Temple are the film’s main cast members. Palmer was made available digitally on January 29, 2021, on Apple TV+. Critics gave the movie positive reviews, noting its familiarity while praising the themes and performances.

Release Date

The movie’s distribution rights were purchased by Apple TV+ in July 2020, and it was made available on the platform on January 29, 2021.

Palmer has the third-biggest overall and the second-biggest film debut on the platform. Additionally, it contributed to a 33% rise in viewers during its debut weekend, which established a new high for Apple TV+.

Plot

Eddie Palmer, an ex-felon, and former standout football player in high school, was sentenced to 12 years in jail for armed robbery and attempted murder. After he moves in with his grandmother Vivian, she occasionally looks after a little boy who fits the conventional mold of a girl called Sam. Sam’s mother, Shelly, is a heroin addict.

Palmer starts a job as a janitor at the neighborhood school and assists Vivian in keeping an eye on Sam while Shelly and her violent boyfriend Jerry frequently leave town. Palmer is compelled to take on the role of Sam’s interim guardian until Shelly returns after Vivian passes away. Palmer does not want anything to do with Sam at first, but he quickly warms up to him. He even takes him to a fundraising bowling match and high school football game, where he befriends Maggie, Sam’s teacher. When Palmer learns that Vivian bequeathed her house to the church in her will, her attorney notifies him that he will have 30 days to vacate the property after it sells.

Palmer tells Maggie that he was hurt in a game while playing for Louisiana State University, following a successful high school football career. Palmer’s revelations to Maggie come as they get closer. He went home and began taking medications after losing his scholarship and leaving college. He made the decision one evening to loot his friends and the safe of a wealthy family in the community. The owner of the residence was supposed to be gone, but when he returned, Palmer almost killed him with a baseball bat. Maggie points up all the good he has done in Sam’s life to reassure Palmer that, despite who he was, he has changed and is a decent man now.

One day, after visiting a buddy, Sam sobs and has gaudy makeup all over his face. Palmer believes that Sam’s classmate did it, but Sam informs him that Daryl, Palmer’s friend, was the one who did it. Palmer catches Daryl in a bar and becomes enraged, beating him up. When Shelly comes back the following day, she tries to get Sam back, but Child Protective Services quickly takes him away. Palmer applies for guardianship, but his application is turned down because of his parole status and undetermined living circumstances. The judge returns Sam to Shelly’s care despite Palmer’s entreaties. Even after Palmer agrees to compensate Shelly, she rejects his desire to designate him as Sam’s legal guardian. Palmer later sees Jerry aggressively torturing Sam and Shelly. When Palmer steps in, he discovers that Jerry and Shelly are abusing drugs in front of Sam. After attacking Jerry, he and Sam run away.

When Palmer is suspected of kidnapping Sam, Shelly phones the police. He returns Sam to Shelly after speaking with Maggie on the phone, and he is apprehended there. While Sam cries that he would rather be with Palmer than his mother, he tries to fend off the cops and rushes after the police car as Palmer is driven away. Shelly declines to file charges after witnessing Sam’s love for Palmer. She explains that Palmer was only taking Sam to get food, and she simply forgot. When Shelly meets with Sam, she asks him, “Would it be okay if he went to live with Palmer?” while crying. In the end, Shelly decides to grant Palmer custody of Sam. Palmer and Sam move in with Maggie while they get ready to sell Vivian’s house.

Cast

Eddie Palmer, a former college football player and ex-convict who served 12 years in jail for theft and attempted murder, is portrayed by Justin Timberlake.
Eddie’s little neighbor Sam Burdette, played by Ryder Allen, takes on the role of his surrogate son.
Eddie’s love interest and Sam’s instructor, Maggie Hayes, is played by Alisha Wainwright.
Eddie’s grandmother Vivian Palmer is portrayed by June Squibb.
Sam’s drug-addicted mother Shelly Burdette is portrayed by Juno Temple.
Coles, Palmer’s police buddy, is portrayed by Jesse C. Boyd.
Principal Forbes, J.D. Evermore
Eddie’s supervisor, Sibs, played by Lance E. Nichols.
Dean Winters plays Shelly’s violent boyfriend, Jerry.
Jay Florsheim officiating football

All you need to know about Justin Timberlake-starrer on Apple TV+

Eddie Palmer, a former All-American college football player played by Timberlake, is a man searching for meaning in his life following a 12-year prison sentence.

The upcoming movie “Palmer,” starring Justin Timberlake, Alisha Wainright, June Squibb, and Juno Temple, is being released by Apple TV+. Eddie Palmer, a former All-American college football player who is searching for his life’s meaning after serving 12 years in prison, is portrayed by Timberlake in the major role. He basically had his football career destroyed by the punishment.

Trailer

The teaser shows Palmer returning to his Louisiana home, where a young kid named Sam (Ryder Allen) and his grandmother, June Squibb, are excited to see him. Sam is being bullied at school and has been abandoned by his mother. Palmer feels comfort in serving as his mentor. This concludes our knowledge of the movie.

Justin Timberlake

During the Pepsi Super Bowl LII Halftime Show, Justin Timberlake takes the stage (Getty Images)

With a net worth of $250 million, Timberlake is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and actor. The actress Jessica Biel is his wife. He started his career as a cast member of the boyband NYSNC and went on to appear on “Star Search” and “The All-New Mickey Mouse Club.”

Alisha Wainwright

Alisha Wainwright is present for the Netflix special screening of “Raising Dion” (Getty Images).)

Wainwright is well-known for the 2019 films Shadow hunters and Raising Dion.

Juno Temple

The movies Killer Joe, Black Mass, The Other Boleyn Girl, Wild Child, Atonement, Maleficent, The Three Musketeers, Afternoon Delight, and The Dark Knight Rises are among the ones in which Juno Violet Temple has acted.

Ryder Allen and June Squibb also feature in the movie.

Plot specifics 

Athlete Eddie Palmer develops a painkiller addiction and is apprehended for house invasion. When he gets back to his hometown after serving 12 years in prison, his grandma is there watching over a neighbor’s child. The youngster cannot, however, live up to the strict behavioral demands of his rural upbringing. “Next door is a beautiful 30-year-old woman who’s a meth addict, who has an eight-year-old boy, who likes to play with dolls and dress up as a girl in red state America,” director Fisher Stevens said about the movie in an interview with Billboard. Justin’s mother, a meth addict who is constantly out attempting to get drugs, and her grandmother share parenting of this youngster.

References

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Anthony D’Alessandro (September 5, 2019). “Justin Timberlake To Star in Fisher Stevens’ SK Global Drama Feature ‘Palmer'”. Hollywood Deadline. November 13, 2019. Retrieved.
Amanda Nduka, October 18, 2019. “‘Shadow hunters’ & ‘Raising Dion’ Actress Alisha Wainwright Joins Justin Timberlake in ‘Palmer’ Drama. Hollywood Deadline. November 13, 2019. Retrieved.
Dino Ray-Ramos (11 November 2019). “Ryder Allen Joins Justin Timberlake’s ‘Palmer’; ‘Sneaky Pete’s Libe Barer Set For ‘Slap face'”. Hollywood Deadline. November 13, 2019. Retrieved.
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Acceptance
Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 108 critic reviews, with an average rating of 6.3/10, were 72% positive. “Although it traffics in familiar territory, Palmer is elevated by worthy themes and a strong ensemble led by an impressive Justin Timberlake,” is the consensus opinion expressed by the website’s critics. The movie has received “mixed or average reviews” on Metacritic, where it has a weighted average score of 53 out of 100 based on 21 critics.

The film received a grade of B− from David Ehrlich of Indiewire, who wrote: “It’s saying that the film’s most touching moments don’t stem from how Palmer and Sam have changed so much as they do from the permission, they’ve given each other to be themselves. The little things go a long way in something this broad. Palmer may not be a work of great art, but it takes skill for something so foreseeable to not come out as dishonest.”

“Despite the flashes of something more challenging, Palmer is a film content to play it safe (his true road to redemption is to slot himself into a ready-made nuclear family), a truly whelming experience that wants you to desperately feel everything from tears to joy,” wrote Benjamin Lee of The Guardian, giving the movie two out of five stars.