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Palm Trees and Power Lines

Play trailer 2:17 Poster for Palm Trees and Power Lines R,  Released Mar 3, 2023,  1h 50m,  Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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Seventeen-year-old Lea (Lily McInerny) spends her summer break aimlessly tanning in her backyard with her best friend, tiptoeing around her needy mother, and getting stoned with a group of boys from school. This monotony is interrupted by a chance encounter with Tom (Jonathan Tucker), an older man who promises an alternative to Lea's unsatisfying adolescent life. But as things progress between them, red flags about Tom's life begin to surface, and Lea chooses to ignore them. Under Tom's influence, Lea begins to see her mom as unfit and her friends as a waste of her time. Isolated from those around her, Lea discovers Tom’s true intentions and finds herself in a situation that she never could have imagined.
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Palm Trees and Power Lines tells a difficult story with searing skill -- and marks Lily McInerny as a young actor with brilliant potential.

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Roxana Hadadi New York Magazine/Vulture The relationship McInerny and Tucker build is so convincing in its mixture of exploitation and yearning that Palm Trees and Power Lines capably secures what Lea desires most too: your attention. Mar 8, 2023 Full Review Richard Brody The New Yorker Dack seems to have forced a copious personality—whether her own or Lea’s—into a framework that fits it poorly. When the payoff comes, it’s too little and late. Mar 7, 2023 Full Review

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Audience Member Fair to say the least. Both actors are solid even if this premise is too familiar and very uncomfortable. Yet it is a pure example of why grooming is so difficult to watch and realize it’s in front of our faces. Age difference is one thing but there’s truly some things younger people are not ready for out there in the real world. A lot of long shots and some lackluster pacing, although this is a very realistic look at the struggles of supposed love, power, and sexual control. Clearly teenagers and adults should stick to their own lanes. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/13/24 Full Review Spring H Wow. This was at times quite difficult to watch. At 17 I also was involved with a 30+ year old man and ignored all the red flags. thank god it ended differently. While in college I learned that maybe as high as 50% of my college friends had been I similar relationships. It was quite heart wrenching to watch this unfold, especially given where it leads to… Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/02/24 Full Review
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Jamie Dack

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Lily McInerny

Lea

Jonathan Tucker

Tom

Gretchen Mol

Sandra

Jamie Dack

Screenwriter

Audrey Findlay

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Synopsis Seventeen-year-old Lea (Lily McInerny) spends her summer break aimlessly tanning in her backyard with her best friend, tiptoeing around her needy mother, and getting stoned with a group of boys from school. This monotony is interrupted by a chance encounter with Tom (Jonathan Tucker), an older man who promises an alternative to Lea's unsatisfying adolescent life. But as things progress between them, red flags about Tom's life begin to surface, and Lea chooses to ignore them. Under Tom's influence, Lea begins to see her mom as unfit and her friends as a waste of her time. Isolated from those around her, Lea discovers Tom’s true intentions and finds herself in a situation that she never could have imagined.
Director
Jamie Dack
Producer
Leah Chen Baker, Jamie Dack
Screenwriter
Jamie Dack, Audrey Findlay
Distributor
Momentum Pictures
Production Co
Neon Heart Productions
Rating
R
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 3, 2023, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 3, 2023
Runtime
1h 50m
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