A grim, compelling trip though a seedy world.
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01/01/00
Another Day in Paradise (1998)
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Reviews Counted:46
Fresh:26
Rotten:20
Average Rating:5.7/10
Runtime: 1 hr 41 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Based on the book by Eddie Little, director Larry Clark's follow-up to KIDS (1995) is a gritty portrayal of a makeshift family of professional thieves on a cross-country crime spree. When... [More]
Starring: James Woods, Melanie Griffith, Vincent Kartheiser, Natasha Gregson Wagner
Director: Larry Clark
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Reviews for Another Day in Paradise
Woods and Griffith keep it fresh, but Larry Clark's vision feels surprisingly retreaded.
01/01/00
Another Day in Paradise doesn't have the necessary expansiveness or the depth of theme to qualify as a great movie or even a near-great movie, but in its trashy, pessimistic way, it's just about perfect.
01/01/00
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02/20/04
This hard-assed film is based on a prison work by Eddie Little. It is only fun to watch in between heists.
01/01/00
Part kiddie porn/part heist flick, Another Day in Paradise is Larry Clark's oftentimes stunning response to Gus Van Sant's Drugstore Cowboy.
08/17/01
[It] seems so realistic that it's almost cinema verite.
01/01/00
James Woods proves yet again why he is consistently one of the best actors working today.
12/08/02
[Clark's] second, more benign film delivers what his first promised: bad times with a wicked way of looking good.
01/01/00
Top CriticIt had the richness of character and gripping narrative drive that director Larry Clark’s first feature Kids did not have.
07/02/02
It's hard for Another Day in Paradise to bring anything new to the well-worn road traveled by thugs on the run. But director Larry Clark and an energetic cast keep things jumping in this morality tale about the down and dirty.
11/06/02
Woods is great as usual.
01/27/03
This is a strong, powerful movie.
05/26/06
Another Day in Paradise is one big pleasurable wallow in grunge noir as only Larry Clark could have concocted it.
01/01/00
Refreshingly, despite finding his original fame as a still photographer and for his meretricious Kids, Clark here seems more interested in performances than look or style.
03/05/02
As contradictory as it is energetic, the film takes as many risks as its people do and as a result strikes a highly contemporary nerve.
02/14/01
Top CriticAnother Day In Paradise is so generally overwrought that the willing suspension of disbelief is not really an option. On the other hand, you may find yourself caring about the characters.
06/16/03
Another Day in Paradise isn't perfect ... but it is another nail in the coffin of Clark's critics who called his debut cheap exploitation fare.
01/01/00
There is little variation in James Woods's screen persona, but he does it so well.
01/01/00
Gets its impact from what it doesn't say about a life of crime.
01/01/00
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