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List Price: $14.99 | | Label: Walt Disney Video
Salesrank: 11404
Released: August 3, 2004 |
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MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
In their first feature film together, Hollywood screen favorites Melanie Griffith (TWO MUCH, A STRANGER AMONG US) and Don Johnson (GUILTY AS SIN, BORN YESTERDAY) combine their impressive talents in the critically acclaimed must-see hit PARADISE! This extraordinary film is the touching story of the lost love between a young married couple and how a visiting youngster (Elijah Wood -- THE LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy) rekindles that love one memorable summer. Funny, poignant, and uplifting, PARADISE is a motion picture so full of natural beauty and heartfelt emotion, you'll remember it for a long, long time!
Paradise Reviews:
A movie you can't forget 
2009-09-27 - It's a shame this movie didn't win more attention, because it's a gem of raw emotion deftly captured in the hour or so that it lasts. The childrens' stories are amazing and remind me so much of my own time growing up in an idyllic but flawed setting. I've never been a fan of Melanie Griffith or Don Johnson, but I am for this movie. Their performances were heartbreaking. I wouldn't have changed a word or a look. The last scene, where Lily waits for Ben to open up her door and Ben lifts his jacket over her in the rain sums up their relationship to me. I thought it was a beautiful moment. I wish there were more movies like this. If you liked this one, consider Starlight Hotel, The Professional, Out of Africa, The Princess Bride.
YOUNG WILLARD HELPS MEND LILY AND BEN'S BROKEN HEARTS!
2009-05-29 - This is a very good movie! It is about a grieving, married couple, who still love each other, but they have drifted apart, because of their grief, and heartbreaking loss of their only child!
Don Johnson (Ben) and Melanie Griffith (Lily) did a outstanding job in this movie! Elijah Wood (Willard), and Thora Birch( who plays Willard's, very outspoken new friend) are awesome actors, to be so young, and I loved the awesome chemisty between Ben, and Lily!
A very pregnant, friend of Lily's was having marriage problems, and she wanted Lily and Ben to look after her 10 year son (Willard) for the summer, so that she could make some major decisions, because her husband just left her, for another woman! So, Lily agreed to help her, and Willard came to stay with Ben and Lily for the summer! And Willard also made a very special new friend, who had a very colorful, outgoing mother! This summer, became of summer of changes for everyone!
Willard helped bring Ben and Lily back to life, because they so badly missed their child, and they in return ,helped Willard as well, with the problems he was also facing in his young life, because he was wanting so badly to have his family, to be a real family!
I loved the breathtaking, beautiful place where this movie was made! And I loved Ben and Lily's home out in the country, and I loved seeing the small town, and the pretty, country scenes in the summertime, and I loved the beautiful, shady trees, and the pretty ole-timey church! I liked this movie very much!
Nice little romance movie 
2009-03-23 - 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.
Thora Birch: Best Performance by a Child actress ever..gonna LOVE her!!!
2009-02-02 - Yes, I'm a fan of Thora Birch even I didn't see this movie before. Starring in Now and Then and Monkey Trouble that's enough for me to love her. It was my curiosity to watch all of her early works that's why I was able to watch Paradise (I avail it in Amazon) and according to critics her performance here is scene stealing...YES..That is true..All of her moments here are all worth watching..She's so lively and very natural..She's the one you would like to watch here..very innocent yet so smart..I recommend everyone to check this out..and surely you'll never forget this little girl that will warm your heart...
Simplicity shines Brighter than Diamonds
2008-07-25 - When I first watched this movie, I was a little kid. It took me time to understand the movie but it made a big impression in my heart. I watched it again when I grew 18+ and it actually added another layer of respect for the writer of this film. "Sometimes wounds don't heal and one only need a miracle to heal them. Through this movie it is so clearly proven that one mustn't look for miracles or for answers, one must just look wide open that little wonders around can coach one, through their mere innocence. I have always admired Don Johnson's work and Melanie Griffith's work in all of their movies and to see them perform with such simplicity but so brilliantly; it touched my heart. Presently I live in India it costs me a lot to purchase through net but I purchased this movie only because I adored, admired, loved and immensely respected every character of this Movie and the effort of the writer... markrenfro@yahoo.ca
