Box office Palm Beach grossed $3.2 million internationally, $3 million of this in Australia.
Critical reception On review aggregator
Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of , based on reviews, with an average rating of .
Sandra Hall of
The Sydney Morning Herald wrote, "Rachel Ward's
Palm Beach is a seniors' edition of
The Big Chill, transplanted to Sydney's northern beaches and populated with a cast of Australian favourites [...] A less likeable group of actors could easily have been upstaged by the conspicuous perfection of the setting and the décor. This bunch hold their own, but a sharper script would have made them shine even brighter." Louise Keller of
Urban Cinefile called the film "a good-hearted get-together of old friends and family when resentments flair, flailing relationships are revealed and secrets demand to be heard. But it aches for some grit." ==Soundtrack==