White Palace [DVD]

Great younger man older woman movie. True to life.

Great movie 😄 doesn't have closed captions 😕 I'm deaf

Best movie ever!!!!

Love this movie it's older but one of my favorites great actors bring back memories because I used to live in St. Louis for years.

I can believe I found this movie. If you love a movie with young man and older women you will love this movie.

Society has a blatant double standard when it comes to relationships. It's ok for men to date and marry women young enough to be their daughters (Michael Douglas, Alec Baldwin, Donald Trump, Billy Joel), but heaven forbid if a younger guy dates an older woman. The Earth will stop spinning. I'm 30 and I happen to like older women. They're mature and classy. They're not shallow and they don't play mind games like younger women. And people talk that nonsense that older women can't have kids- maybe a guy doesn't want kids. Maybe he simply wants to be with someone whom he loves. There are a lot of movies where an older male lead character meets an attractive, younger woman, but that's not what I wanted. There aren't many movies featuring a younger man and an older woman. The only other one I can think of is Notes on a Scandal, and that doesn't have a happy ending. Susan Sarandon was such a hottie in the late-1980's and early 1990's. Even now, she's not bad looking for an elderly lady. I was surprised to see George from Seinfeld in the movie (back when he still had hair). And while smoking is bad and it will give you cancer, Susan Sarandon looked so sexy when she smoked. This movie pertained more to the difference in class between the two characters than the difference in age (Max, the younger guy, was a white collar advertising executive while Nora, the milf, was a blue collar waitress). Max was insecure about introducing an uncouth woman to his high-society friends and family. Nevertheless, I enjoyed the sex scenes where the cougar dominated the cub (I'm surprised this wasn't given a NC-17 rating). The movie requires some suspension of disbelief (after Nora left him, her fortune telling sister told him where she was). The ending was cliche, but definitely satisfying.

A movie b4 it's time. So common to see the older man/ younger woman combo & this movie was REFRESHING!!!!

The DVD arrived in great condition, and as this is currently the only way to watch this film (It's not available on any streaming service), I'd highly recommend to any Spader fans. It's truly him at his most charming, and Susan Sarandon is also a powerhouse.

Loved this movie.

White Palace is a convincingly acted, well directed film that accurately portrays the the more often than realised occurrence of a younger man falling in love with an older woman. A famous case of this kind of thing happening was the marriage of the famous Eighteenth Century Doctor Samuel Johnson when he was 25 to Elisabeth Porter who, at 46, was 21 years older than he was. It was a love match and they were very happy together. Johnson, who affectionately called her 'Tetty', was very sad when she died and never had any interest in marrying anyone else. This film wins because it doesn't try to gloss over anything. The case of a younger man (James Spader) distressed had losing his wife is accurately portrayed as is the lead up to his meeting the older woman convincingly acted by Susan Sarandon. Not only is she at least 15 years older than him, she is also not up to the level of his social strata. Realising this, she tries to disappear, but he eventually finds her again and love triumphs. We may well ask: all very well, but will it last? Well, of course, we don't need to know that. What we do know is that this kind of match certainly does last for some couples. If it lasted for Samuel Johnson, it can last for others. Anyway, it's a lovely, well made, well acted film. I've had my copy of it for some time now and I've watched it several times. It's the kind of film that inspires us to always strive to overcome problems and do better with our lives.

White Palace ist ein US-Drama von 1990. Es handelt von der Beziehung zwischen dem jungen, jüdischen Werbefachmann Max (27), und der reifen Imbisskassiererin Nora (43), welche Marilyn Monroe idolisiert. Beide treffen sich zum ersten Mal im White Palace, der Burgerbude in welcher Nora beschäftigt ist. Max kommt gerade von der Jungesellenabschiedsfeier seines besten Freundes, um die mangelhafte Fastfoodlieferung zu reklamieren. Nach diesem kurzen, unangenehmen Kontakt, laufen sich beide nachts in einer Kneipe erneut über den Weg. Vom Alkohol befeuert geht die selbstbewusste Frau in die Offensive, und flirtet mit dem peniblen Sensibelchen. Auch Max ist stark alkoholisiert und will sich aus dem Gespräch hinauswinden. Als er Nora offenbart, dass er Witwer ist, zeigt diese eine unerwartete Reaktion. Allen äußeren und inneren Widerständen zum Trotz, entwickelt sich eine stürmische Romanze zwischen dem ungleichen Paar. Doch hat ihre Liebe eine realistische Zukunft? Hier handelt es sich um ein mitreißendes Drama, zum Leben erweckt von zwei herausragenden Hauptdarstellern. James Spader hatte mit Sex, Lügen und Video (1989), gerade seinen Durchbruch erreicht. Susan Sarandon war schon spätestens seit Atlantic City, USA (1980) ein Star. Die Beiden harmonieren im vorliegenden Werk vorzüglich, und gehen durch ein Wechselbad der Gefühle. Der Klassen- und Altersunterschied wird glaubwürdig, und teilweise humorvoll, thematisiert. Bin ich eigentlich der Einzige, der eine gewisse optische Ähnlichkeit zwischen Spader und Sarandon festgestellt hat? Jedenfalls ein exzellenter Film veröffentlicht vom Label Fabulous, leider ohne jegliches Bonusmaterial.

Great love story and the status of being Rich vs Poor.

J'adore ce film. Je l'avais déjà vu mais je ne me lasse pas de le revoir. Une histoire comme on en voit trop peu mais finalement tant mieux. Deux acteurs fabuleux, forts dans leurs rôles. Quel homme ne succomberait pas au charme de Nora. Quelle femme ne tomberait pas amoureuse de Max. Des répliques que je considère cultes. D'ailleurs ce film est un film culte. J'adore. Je recommande vivement. Merci Amazon