Asleep in My Palm is a virtuoso debut feature from writer-director Henry Nelson.
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ColliderChase Hutchinson
ColliderChase Hutchinson
Tim Blake Nelson and Chloë Kerwin give life to Asleep in My Palm, helping to smooth over the narrative rough spots when it count.
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RogerEbert.comTomris Laffly
RogerEbert.comTomris Laffly
Nelson pulls off something strangely lovely and generous on the whole, a clear-eyed film with something to say on the kinds of lives many would rather not talk about.
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Screen RantMary Kassel
Screen RantMary Kassel
Asleep in My Palm succeeds when it finds the human connection in its message, but gives too much time to moralizing conversations and not enough to character arcs.