Paradise
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Movie Reviews of Paradise
Movie Review: Great movie that kids and adults both should watch
Summary: 4 Stars
"Paradise" reveals much about children of people who don't take the time to care/supervise their kids and have no father. While the film is basically a drama, its strength comes from dealing with the conflict of being forced into a lifestyle one would not voluntarily choose after a parent's remarriage. Nevertheless, the film portrays children as resilient, capable of not only facing such challenges, but mastering them.This is definitely a movie parents should view and discuss with their kids. So many topic are presented, some directly and others in a more subtle manner, including, authority, creativity, punishment, rebellion, justice, discipline, practice, seeking approval, friendship, becoming part of something larger than yourself, pride, and lessons one learns outside of the classroom. The camera work and direction is superb and worthy of larger budget films, the acting is outstanding in word and deed. And the sound track, including music and sound effects is one of Donoghue's best efforts.
There is a certain "cuteness" to it, but the overall tone of the film is super and the presentation by the young people makes you proud of their efforts. Every 11-year-old must learn to make his or her way in the world by fitting in. However painful the experience of growing up is, we tend to forget it as the years pass.
This movie makes adults ponder the uncertainty of youth and many will have had the revelation of Billie by the end of the film. If you are capable of serious thought, "Paradise" will make you think about life differently.Paradise is a great movie. is an up and rising movie sensation. The rest of the cast isn't bad either. If I could buy this movie I would. It is the story of a boy named Willard who is sent to his aunt and uncle's, who are trying to survive a tradgedy in the summer. The rest you'll have to see for yourself. Once again Thora Birch shows us that she is an awesome actress. She plays all her parts so well and I know she works hard for what shes earned. She's pretty and a talented actress. Elijah Wood is great in this movie and makes it enjoyable to watch. .I think that Paradise was awesome.Melanie Griffith did a great job. Elijah Wood was great. He worked hard and he looked great in the movie. You would love it. The chemistry between Elijah's character and Thora's character was the best I've seen.
Movie Review: Amazing
Summary: 4 Stars
I watched this movie for the first time when i was 10 and i loved it. Contrary to what another reviewer said i disagree. This film may have had a few awkward moments in it but when i was 10 i was witness to swear words and if i didn't knock on my parents door nudity. i do think that this movied should be rated pg13 but many things now days aren't.
The plot was great. Johnson was a cold heartless man who hid his pain in anger and Griffith was a kind nurturing woman who hid it in the attic. I felt very much for the couple in the movie at age 10 and even more at 24.
The fact that Wood and Burch bonded and shared alot was not that much different from Culkin and Chlumsky's relataionship in My Girl. They were young curious opposite sex friends who were probably closer than most of the adults around them at the time.
I loved this movie and still do til this day. At age 10 i wanted to watch it all the time and i must've seen it at least 20 times over the years. If you haven't seen it i would recomend it. If you liked My Girl this movie is a movie for you. It's funny, heartfelt, and beautiful all in one.
Movie Review: PARADISE LOST was PARADISE FOUND
Summary: 4 Stars
I first saw this film when I was in my early teens. The same philosophy applies to movies that you saw when you were a kid until the next time you saw them, perhaps as an adult. I located this movie through the IMdB - (the best internet database for movie discoveries, actors, etc.). This movie is a classic piece of a disturbed marital relationship that is rekindled by a summer guest, (Elijah Wood), who thus restores Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson's passion for one another. If you enjoy drama, true-to-life matters, but on a more quiet scale, then perhaps you will enjoy this one. Not the same movie I once thought it to be, but it also restored my own passion for the peace it offered.Movie Review: nostalgic, NBC is right, truly a masterpiece of its kind.
Summary: 3 Stars
This is such a magical movie. Like the other reviewers before me, it's a collectors keepsake if you like that nostalgic, non-violent, feel good kind of real family, real deal, heart wrenching drama type of genres. For some reason reminds me alot of 'Hearts In Atlantis' or 'The War', in that sense of non-traditional, non epic film making, that comes along every once in awhile to titilate our senses. Mary Agnes Donoghue (who also wrote the screenplay, if I am not mistaken, to 2002's White Oleander) directs.
Lily and Ben Reed, names I have remembered since I saw this with my brother when I was 11, have stayed with me for years. At the time, Don and Melanie were married, and they put so much emotion into their roles as parents who lost a young child, and having Willard (what an awful name) played by Elijah Wood stay with them for the summer, and watching Melanie and Don interact with him, as if he were their own son, watching him grow and learn, is truly gut wrenching and I must say kudos galore to M.Agnes D., for letting them both go with their emotions in those scenes. Watching Melanie put Willard to sleep in one scene, and her stroking his hair and watching him, I mean I was shell shocked, that pain a mother must go through to lose a son, and then having to take care of another's son and see what your boy might have looked like, what they might have smelt like, and what their hair might have been like...well that truly was very tear-jerking stuff. Truly spectacular acting, which I almost want to cringe with respect to saying that to Donnie Boy lol.
Heart felt performances, really beautiful morning cinematography, whisping Southern stereotypes done extremely well, and beautiful imagery in many aspects from the tower climbing to the wilderness; and really worth a look, and one of, if not the first roles for Elijah, right after 'Avalon' perhaps?
No need to rent this one, def. worth the purchase price. One of my favorite movies as a young boy, strange huh? lol Paradise and Goonies, oh the perpetual God's of film are like Boris Yeltzin trying to get into the old party at Spago with his hands in the air, shaking his head...'what's wrong with this movie lover...'
Thanks
Movie Review: Nice little romance movie
Summary: 3 Stars
Both actors do a credible job here. And the subject matter is so true and believable, you'll be caught up in the story and rooting for the hero and heroine all the way.