hey guys welcome back to explainer x today i'm going to recap a 1990 romantic drama movie
name white palace so let's begin the film begins with a group of friends gathering together to
celebrate the engagement of one of them after getting hamburgers for his friends 27 year
old max baron realizes that the burger shop had sold him six empty cartons his friends urge him
to let it go saying that they should enjoy the party but max adamantly goes to the burger shop
white palace and demands a refund he finds a 43 year old waitress who seems tired of her job
and has had her fair share of complainers the woman nora baker asks him to wait in line but
when he threatens to cause a scene she relents and gives him the refund while graciously mocking him
max returns to the party happy amidst his friend's jeers calling him the honest guy one man decides
to project some pictures but he ends up putting on max's deceased wife janie's picture from when
she was younger the man tries to put on another picture but the projector is broken forcing max
to wallow in his loss this incident upsets him and he leaves opting for the nearest bar he is busy
drinking alone when nora spots him the two talk for a while before nora starts flirting with him
since his wife's death is still raw in his heart max rejects her advances and starts to leave
nora calls out after him mocking him for being dumped by his wife max reveals that his wife
died and nora explodes in laughter asking how she died when max mentions that it was in a car
accident nora continues laughing hysterically before mentioning that she had lost her son to
leukemia this proves to be some bonding moment for the two and max offers to take nora home
nora lives in the dogtown neighborhood in saint louis both are highly intoxicated and
make a couple of dangerous swerves before hitting the mailbox outside nora's house
inside max is shocked by the dirty state of nora's house but he decides to let it be he says
his goodbyes but nora asks him to stay the night since it would be better than driving home drunk
max uses the bathroom and decides to spend the night at night he has an erotic dream of his dead
wife he wakes up to nora performing oral service on him when he tries to resist her she quickly
pins her down and finishes her work after this the two have intimate fiery and passionate intercourse
in the morning max looks through the house realizing that not only is nora dirty but she
has a healthy collection of toys depicting her as a loose woman max leaves the house but not
before nora explains that he thought he would be different max works as an advertising executive
at a company in the city and belongs to the upper middle class meaning that he can never
have anything with nora he visits his wife's grave on the second anniversary of her death alongside
his mother this brings out such feelings that he goes to white palace and watches nora do her thing
later he visits her at home under the pretext of bringing a new mailbox to replace the one he broke
nora seems happy to see him and she invites him in beginning a relationship with the relationship
being in its honeymoon stage we see max spending most of his time at norris he starts opening up
and being carefree around her gone are the tight suits he wore to work and the workaholic nature
he had taken so much into one time his boss calls him wondering why he comes into work an hour late
and takes long lunch breaks max explains that his personal business is not his bosses but
she figures out that max has met a girl she guesses that max's type is a young freshly
graduated and wealthy girl and max goes along with it one time max gets nora a gift and she is
excited to see what is inside when she sees it's a vacuum cleaner she is angry and accuses max of
thinking that she is dirty max agrees and starts pointing out how messy and filthy her apartment is
nora tells him that if she wants to she can clean and he should check out the kitchen
max is sorry when he sees it shiny and sees that nora had prepared a romantic dinner date for the
two of them nora is angry and locks herself in the bedroom max feels bad for his actions
and makes up for them by bringing her flowers and making a meal for them the relationship is
stronger and better with nora cleaning her shared space with max so that he can get comfortable
unfortunately max keeps her a secret by ensuring that none of his friends can find out about her
however another time max is angry because they spend most of the day watching tv while they
could be doing some other things nora explains to max how different they are in terms of social
class and age saying that some of the things she likes doing cannot be the same or appeal to him
max attends his friend neil's wedding without telling nora about it when he goes to see her
he finds her seated on the balcony with the electricity off because she did not pay her bills
nora confronts max about the wedding since she had found out about it after calling his home
phone she accuses him of being embarrassed by her but max manages to convince her that he cares
about her he confesses that he wants her more than he did janie and nora makes him promise to never
lie to her again max is asleep at nora's apartment when judy comes in she introduces herself as
nora's sister and takes some interest in max she is a palm reader and she detects that max's wife
had crashed and broken her neck nora tells mark that their parents abandoned them when they were
young and that she left nora at a young age to fend for herself that evening the two sisters
reconnect and before judy departs she reveals that nora's son had drowned and she had seen it
earlier on that is why she deserted her sister max takes nora grocery shopping and leaves her at the
counter to grab something from the shelves he runs into rachel neil's wife and she extends an invite
to him and his mystery woman for thanksgiving he spends some time chatting up with her causing
nora to freak out when the bill is summed up he returns to her and they go to his apartment when
nora inquires about rachel max lies and says that she is some woman whose name he cannot remember
nora notices that he places a newspaper covering his answering machine and she inquires about it
nora learns of the thanksgiving party and max decides to take her to the party as a couple
this news seems to surprise his mother and his friends but they are polite enough to let it slide
one friend of max goes with nora to the bathroom and lets out a gasp when she learns that nora is
a waitress nora feels attacked and she criticizes the woman's sexual antics this remark makes the
woman angry and she lashes out saying that just because she thinks she has had it rough doesn't
mean that she can attack her bedroom matters and there is more than meets the eye at the meal nora
gets offended when neil's father starts speaking about politics and expressing a very strong
opinion on how elections affect him nora states that whoever is in charge will not affect him in
any way taking offense and she leaves max and his mother follow suit max tries talking with nora but
she is adamant believing that she cannot be the woman for max as their differences are too vast
max brings up the issue of nora's son and she shuts it down saying that it is none of his
business she accuses him of breaking his promise and lying about rachel she kicks max out of her
house after a while max mulls over the breakup and has trouble concentrating at work he goes
to nora's apartment but finds it empty nora has left a note explaining that she moved away and max
should not bother looking for him max visits the white palace hotel and learns that nora had quit
max is devastated but he decides to move on with his life he meets his friends for brunch and they
introduce him to a woman who is in photography however he realizes that his friends are all stuck
up and obsessed with their perfect lives and he feels that he had something good and he would be
a fool if he does not chase after it max travels to new york and visits judy judy is hesitant
about speaking with him but she helps him get an address to the new restaurant nora is working at
max finds nora but she is angry and does not want to lose her job max admits his fault saying that
he has been an idiot all along he says that he does not want a younger perfect woman as he
already had janie his words move nora and she tearfully forgives him as the patrons look on
the film ends as max clears the table and lays nora on it kissing her passionately while
everyone in the restaurant applauds cheerfully and the movie ends here i hope you enjoyed the
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