Overview: Ever since she was small, Aviva has desperately wanted a baby. Now a teenager - with thoughts and feelings her well-meaning parents Joyce (Ellen Barkin, Drop Dead Gorgeous) and Steve (Richard Masur, The Thing) don’t quite know how to handle - she’ll stop at nothing to make that dream a reality.

Played by a cast of rotating actors, including Jennifer Jason Leigh (The Hateful Eight) and Sharon Wilkins, Aviva’s journey towards motherhood never would run smooth.

Bringing his trademark dry wit to another series of taboos, Todd Solondz’s portrait of middle-American girlhood interrogates the naivety and hypocrisy of the post-9/11 psyche that continues to shape US public life and policy.

4K Blu-ray Verdict: Well, saying it like it is, from my humble perspective, Palindromes is disturbing and strange and confusing, so someone expecting the standard cotton candy that passes for a script in Hollywood is going to blow a few circuits trying to wrap their head around this one!

The story hits a number of uncomfortable topics, from Jesus freaks to child molestation and let’s not forget abortion. Consistently we see scenes where creepy people are hanging out with each other in their own awkward creepy way. Indeed, there are a number of what they call grotesques in the movie which basically means very strange looking and acting people.

That all said, the movie is well worth a look simply because it is so beautifully weird and it examines so many icky relationships. At the end of the movie you will be wondering if what you saw is really what you saw and what it all meant.

Furthermore, the theme of this movie is that our spirits and our lives are equally as important/unimportant no matter how bloody strange and grotesque we may be!

SPECIAL FEATURES:
4K restoration from the original negative by the Museum of Modern Art approved by writer-director Todd Solondz
4K UHD with Dolby Vision HDR and Blu-ray presentation of the feature
Uncompressed stereo PCM audio
New interview with Todd Solondz by critic Hannah Strong (2025)
Todd Solondz and His Cinema of Cruelty, a new video essay by critic Lillian Crawford (2025)
Trailer
Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
Reversible sleeve featuring designs based on original posters
Limited edition booklet featuring new writing by Bence Bardos, extracts from the original press book, plus archival interviews with Solondz and composer Nathan Larson

Official Purchase Link

www.radiancefilms.co.uk