Palmer

Palmer (2021) is a drama you can watch online on iFILM, directed by Fisher Stevens. Former high school football star Eddie Palmer walks out of prison after twelve years and comes back to a small Southern town that has no place set for him.

Eddie moves in with his grandmother and takes whatever work he can find, mopping floors at the very school he once left as a local hero. Next door lives eight-year-old Sam, whose addict mother vanishes for days. The boy loves dolls and the color pink, and the whole town bullies him for it. Two outcasts circle each other warily before something like family takes hold. Justin Timberlake plays Palmer quiet and guarded, while young Ryder Allen steals scene after scene as Sam, alongside Juno Temple, Alisha Wainwright and June Squibb.

It is a story about building a family from the people no one assigned you. But Eddie's record and the company he used to keep threaten to tear that fragile bond apart. Released on Apple TV+, the film rests on the unforced chemistry between its two leads. Stream Palmer (2021) online on iFILM.