Roman Polanski is a filmmaker who has made some great movies in the past but also VERY controversial due to his actions he has committed. Despite Polanski being a terrible person and I dislike him for what he has done, he undeniably has talent for making some of the best movies of all time as his works on Rosemary's Baby, Chinatown, Cul-de-sac, and The Pianist are movies I really love. He has become the separate the art from the artist situation since. However, with his newest work "The Palace", safe to say, it is one of the worst movies I have ever seen in my entire life.
Throughout, the production designs are colorful but the sets and designs do feel a little cheap as if it looks like something from an Hallmark or Disney Channel episode. The narrative explores class and clearly a satirical story about parties, wealthy and people but instead of being clever, the satire, comedy and the writing feels all over the place, disjointed and messy as the writing clearly doesn't know what it wants to be and throws every single concept and idea into the air like juggling circus balls. It felt as if the movie is trying to be similar to Triangle of Sadness but in the worst way possible and at certain point, the movie really feels like a massive middle finger to the people and not in a clever way. As if Polanski isn't making a interesting movie but rather to stroke his ego or purposefully just cause anger to the public.
The characters are uninteresting and annoying and many of the performances, despite the cast members doing their best to provide good performances, each failed to succeed as many of the performances were laughable, over the top, and badly performed. Many of the dialogue moments feel forced and annoying as if the dialogue thinks it's smart but it isn't. The dialogue makes me feel like I am watching something from Dhar Mann.
Many of the humorous aspects were boring, the pacing is all over the place, and really, there is not a single good thing to say about this movie. As much Polanski is a terrible person for what he has done, he is a great filmmaker for sure but here, this is absolutely terrible and might possibly have no redeemable qualities at all.
Oh what a great ending for a well-known controversial filmmaker.
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