“Palm Royale” is a dazzling rags-to-riches journey that has Kristen Wiig portraying Maxine Simmons, a ray of sunshine with a gift for gab who cleverly weaves her way into the glitz and glam of Florida’s high society, circa 1969. “Visually, we tried to not impose the camera too much onto the actors,” says cinematographer David Lanzenberg, who referenced the photography …
AppleTV+’s Palm Royale does not shy away from excess. However, Palm Royale’s excesses also extend to its writing, which often ends up serving the audience a confused mess of a show. Adapted from the novel Mr. & Mrs. American Pie, Abe Sylvia’s take on the original mean girls of the Palm Beach community unfolds mostly at the exclusive resort club …
I have not read Juliet McDaniel’s 2018 novel “Mr. and Mrs. American Pie,” which is nominally the basis of a new series, “Palm Royale,” but it’s clear from the publisher’s synopsis that it’s a completely different story — though one that someone decided could be rebuilt into diverting, even brilliant television. Evelyn Rollins, played by Allison Janney, is the “the …
