Paradise (1991)
Average Rating: 4.5/10
Reviews Counted: 11
Fresh: 4 | Rotten: 7
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Fresh: 0 | Rotten: 2
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Mary Agnes Donohue adapted her French success Le Grand Chemin for this American version, reworked as a vehicle for Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson. Paradise is a coming-of-age story about a 10-year-old boy named Willard (Elijah Wood), who is sent by his mother to stay with her best friend Lily (Melanie Griffith), who lives in the Delta shrimp-fishing country in a town called Paradise. Lily and her husband Ben (Don Johnson) have been living in an unmentioned emotional vacuum since the death of
Sep 18, 1991 Wide
Aug 3, 2004
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Cast
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Melanie Griffith
Lily Reed -
Don Johnson
Ben Reed -
Elijah Wood
Willard Young -
Thora Birch
Billie Pike -
Sheila McCarthy
Sally Pike -
Louise Latham
Catherine Reston Lee -
Eve Gordon
Rosemary -
Greg Travis
Earl McCoy -
Sarah Trigger
Darlene -
Richard K. Olsen
Minister -
Lucy Alpaugh
1st Old Lady -
Rick Andosca
Ernest Parkett -
John R. Copeman
Other Fisherman -
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Timothy Erskine
Darlene's Boyfriend -
Dave Hager
Bartender -
Scott Hubacek
Greyhound Bus Driver -
Jeff Jeffcoat
Eddie-the Attendant -
Carl McIntyre
Willard's Father -
Chestley Price
Bus Driver -
Anthony Romano
Clay-Popular Boy -
Kay Shroka
2nd Old Lady -
Jason Robert Somrak
Neighborhood Tough -
Melanie van Betten
Marliss -
Eric Vest
D.J. -
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For an hour and 40 minutes, Thora Birch becomes your child and the reason to watch the movie.
Reveals how only time and love can heal the wounds of grief.
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