| Palm Beach | |
| Director: | Rachel Ward |
| Producer: | Deborah Balderstone Bryan Brown |
| Screenplay: | Joanna Murray-Smith Rachel Ward |
| Starring: | Frances Berry Bryan Brown Matilda Brown |
| Cinematography: | Bonnie Elliott |
| Editing: | Nick Meyers |
| Studio: | New Townfilms[1] Soapbox Industries |
| Distributor: | Universal Pictures |
| Runtime: | 100 minutes |
| Country: | Australia |
| Language: | English |
| Gross: | $3.2 million[2] |
Palm Beach is a 2019 Australian comedy drama film directed by Rachel Ward, and starring Sam Neill and Bryan Brown, the latter of whom also co-produced the film.[3]
A reunion party is being held at Palm Beach in Sydney by a group of lifelong friends.
Palm Beach grossed $3.2 million internationally, $3 million of this in Australia.[5] [2] [6]
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of, based on reviews, with an average rating of .[7]
Sandra Hall of The Sydney Morning Herald wrote, "Rachel Ward's Palm Beach is a seniors' edition of The Big Chill, transplanted to Sydney's northern beaches and populated with a cast of Australian favourites [...] A less likeable group of actors could easily have been upstaged by the conspicuous perfection of the setting and the décor. This bunch hold their own, but a sharper script would have made them shine even brighter."[8] Louise Keller of Urban Cinefile called the film "a good-hearted get-together of old friends and family when resentments flair, flailing relationships are revealed and secrets demand to be heard. But it aches for some grit."
See main article: Palm Beach: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack. The original soundtrack was released on 19 July 2019, by Universal Music Australia and peaked at number 37 on the ARIA Charts.[9]