who say love have to be a certain way . this movie doesn not . white palace be a very moving and sexually energetic movie that show you can be happy in your own way . max ( james spader ) be an executive in advertising who be bring down by the death of his wife . after a raucous bachelor party and he go to a bar on the wrong side of town and and there he meet nora ( susan sarandon ) and a worker at white palace and who refund max earlier and ask him what he do at this place . both go home smash and but a max dream of his wife and nora make her move on him . man and she 43 and and he a 27 year old yuppie . the sex get good there . both of them feel alive and and the tension start to mount . his friend want him to be happy and but max want to be happy in his way . his friend at the bachelor party neil ( jason alexander ) and want to set him up with some that have the hots for max . he decline . his friend wife will do anything to play matchmaker . play matchmaker will either bring happiness and or cause misery . neil and his wife and all of max friend need to learn one thing and be to mind their own business . those folk need to stop run people life . if it haven not be nora sister judy ( eileen brennan ) and those two wouldn not be any happier . i enjoy this movie very well and it be close to a tiger tale and only more intense . rating 3 . 5 out of 5 star .