If one considers that motion picture sound had only been in place for three years when Trouble in Paradise was made, the level of sophistication it shows is astonishing.
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04/03/01
Trouble in Paradise (1932)
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Reviews Counted:22
Fresh:20
Rotten:2
Average Rating:8.4/10
Theatrical Release:Oct 21, 1932 Wide
Synopsis: Gaston (Herbert Marshall) and Lily (Miriam Hopkins) are a cunning pair of jewel thieves who share much more than the riches they acquire. A loving bond that unites them accompanies the lovers on... [More]
Starring: Miriam Hopkins, Herbert Marshall, Kay Francis, Charles Ruggles
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
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Reviews for Trouble in Paradise
Trouble in Paradise (1932) is generally considered producer/director Ernst Lubitsch's greatest film...
04/02/01
It is about people who are almost impossibly adult, in that fanciful movie way -- so suave, cynical, sophisticated, smooth and sure that a lifetime is hardly long enough to achieve such polish. They glide.
04/03/01
Top CriticIn virtually every scene the lively imagination of the German producer shines forth and it seems as though he were the only person in Hollywood who could have turned out such an effective entertainment from such a feathery story.
05/20/03
Top CriticThis comedy of jewel thieves is itself the prize sparkler of Lubitsch's enterprising career.
06/10/03
Top CriticThis is, without a single word of hyperbole, one of the most taut scripts and perfectly-executed pieces of comic direction in the history of film.
03/16/04
What sticks with you long after the movie is over is the terrific, European cosmopolitan humour, and unrelenting sexiness of it all
04/28/06
It's possible to prefer other Ernst Lubitsch films for their more serene stylings and more plangent emotions, but this 1932 production is probably the most perfectly representative of his works.
02/04/09
Top CriticThe situations are adult. The sexual innuendo is pointed and unmistakable. There's a golden glow to the print, and the actresses are extraordinary.
04/03/01
Top CriticA couple of visual gags are still on target and the acting is swell, but on the whole the story is too simple, too flat, and too uninteresting to stand the test of time.
11/05/03
Not a false note in the whole piece. The performances, visuals and screenplay are all exsquisite.
02/04/09
The lighthearted Depression-era comedy clearly has the famed Lubitsch touch.
07/03/06
'The satire is sharp, the comedy is witty and urbane, and the characters are so full of life it feels as if they might just walk off the screen.'
10/09/03
Trouble in Paradise is full of perfectly executed scenes.
04/04/03
Despite the Lubitsch artistry, much of which is technically apparent, it's not good cinema in toto.
10/06/08
Top CriticIt's a movie that feels both of its time and ahead of all the times that have followed.
11/05/03
Top CriticFor over 70 years, this sparkling comedy has been unmatched in the realm of sophisticated, continental farce.
04/03/01
Top CriticIf ever a film slipped down a treat, this one does.
02/09/06
Top CriticTrouble in Paradise is a triumph of direction and decor which could have been accomplished only by that scowling, heavy-jowled Teuton who is Paramount's chief contribution to the civilized cinema, Ernst Lubitsch.
02/04/09
Top CriticLubitsch at the height of his powers as a director of deft, inconsequential and sophisticated comedy.
02/04/09
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