1/29/2021
Justin Timberlake plays an ex-con stuck caring for a kid in Fisher Stevens’ drama.
Just a few months ago, Juno Temple helped give the fledgling Apple TV+ service its first must-see:
Ted Lasso, a practically perfect comedy series that radiated decency and hope in a world that.well,
you were there. She’s very much on the other side of the coin in her reunion with the streaming service, playing a drug-addicted single mom so neglectful that abandoning her kid to the care of a just-released felon is actually a step in the right direction.
That ex-con is the eponymous hero of Fisher Stevens’
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Eddie Palmer (Justin Timberlake) returns home to his grandmother Vivian (June Squibb), who s happy to see him after his 12-year stint in prison. When Sam, the little boy who lives next door, has to live with them when his mother takes off, Eddie grows fond of him. He decides that he has to do all he can to help the little boy and be there for him.
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Former high-school football star Eddie Palmer (Justin Timberlake) went from hometown hero to convicted felon, earning himself 12 years in a state penitentiary. He returns home to Louisiana, where he moves back in with Vivian (June Squibb), the grandmother who raised him. While trying to keep his head down and rebuild a quiet life for himself, Palmer is haunted by memories of his glory days and the suspicious eyes of his small town community.
Things become more complicated when Vivian s hard-living neighbor Shelly (Juno Temple) disappears on a prolonged bender, leaving her precocious and unique seven-year-old son Sam (Ryder Allen), often the target of bullying, in Palmer s reluctant care. In time, Palmer is drawn into a more hopeful world as he forges a connection with Sam through their shared experience of being made to feel different by those around them. Life improves for Palmer, and a romance develops between him and Sam’s teacher Maggie (Alisha Wainwright). An inspiring
It’s been a while since we’ve seen
Justin Timberlake onscreen, let alone in a dramatic role (no, the
Trolls movies don’t count). But the multi-hyphenate is flexing his acting chops again in
Palmer, a new Apple TV+ drama film in which Timberlake stars as an ex-con who adjusts to life after prison, and finds himself unexpectedly caring for a gender non-conforming boy. Watch the
Palmer trailer below.
Palmer Trailer
Black Snake Moan and later,
The Social Network. But the singer-songwriter-actor-producer is a busy guy, and it’s no wonder he hasn’t had time to really take the lead in a drama film mostly turning up to steal scenes in the aforementioned films and