
David is an independent American photographer in pursuit of unspoiled natural locations for an upcoming magazine photo shoot. Katia is his unemployed Russian girlfriend, who would follow him anywhere because she is in love. Together, they discover the vast desert around Twentynine Palms, the city of palm trees. There, the passionate lovers surrender to the miracle of nature and make love between fights and compromises. However, they are utterly unaware that danger lurks even ... (Full plot summary below)
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David is an independent American photographer in pursuit of unspoiled natural locations for an upcoming magazine photo shoot. Katia is his unemployed Russian girlfriend, who would follow him anywhere because she is in love. Together, they discover the vast desert around Twentynine Palms, the city of palm trees. There, the passionate lovers surrender to the miracle of nature and make love between fights and compromises. However, they are utterly unaware that danger lurks even under the sun.
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| Slant MagazineEd GonzalezDumont is clearly fascinated by America's wide-open spaces, and much of Twentynine Palms is a love poem to the way we look at the world. |
| Village VoiceJ. HobermanDumont's taste for the elemental has always flirted with the moronic. But this time, he's dozed off at the wheel and drifted well over the line. |
| VarietyLisa NesselsonFails to captivate or intrigue at the most basic level. |
| Lessons of DarknessNick SchagerFascinating in the abstract but wearisome in reality. |
| E! OnlineE! StaffLet's just say that Palms could shock the pants right off of you. |
| Washington PostMichael O'SullivanIt's alternately monotonous, hot and dramatic, which makes for a peculiar, not entirely unsatisfying atmosphere of neo -- or is that post? -- noir. |
| Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanThis is one of those films in which the Act of Driving becomes a 10-minute statement of high emptiness; Dumont even manages to make sex in the desert boring. |
| Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittDumont's methods are radical, but there's a fascinating method to his seeming cinematic madness. |
| ReelTalk Movie ReviewsDonald J. LevitMutterings and short clipped dialogues in ellipses may convey reality but are hard on a movie audience. |
| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzThe talented filmmaker laid an egg with this one. |