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Paradise Road (1997)

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Average Rating: 5.9/10
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Based on the testimony of survivors, this historical drama recounts the WWII heroism of female prisoners of war. (Glenn Close) stars as Adrienne Partiger, a society doyenne who flees Singapore with other expatriate women, mostly the wives of servicemen, when Japanese forces invade in 1942. When their gunboat is sunk in an air attack, the survivors wash ashore on Japanese-held Sumatra. The women are interned in a grim POW camp where punishments for even minor infractions are extreme. With the

R, 1 hr. 55 min.

Art House & International, Drama

Directed By: Bruce Beresford

Written By: Bruce Beresford

In Theaters: Apr 11, 1997 Wide

On DVD: Mar 13, 2001

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

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Cast

Glenn Close
Adrienne Pargiter
Pauline Collins
Margaret Drummond
Cate Blanchett
Susan McCarthy
Frances McDormand
Dr. Verstak
Julianna Margulies
Topsy Merritt
Elizabeth Spriggs
Mrs. Roberts
Jennifer Ehle
Rosemary Leighton-Jones
Wendy Hughes
Mrs. Dickson
Tessa Humphries
Celia Roberts
Sab Shimono
Colonel Hiroyo
Susie Porter
Oggi

Critic Reviews for Paradise Road

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A large cast of gifted actress, including Glenn Close and Frances McDormand, is largely wasted in Beresford's honroable but failed effort to pay tribute to a group of disparate women held captive by the Japanese in WWII.

June 21, 2007 Full Review Source: Variety

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Emanuel Levy

Variety

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Even with its grueling pageant of torture and abuse at the hands of monstrously inhuman Japanese officers, Road never reaches the heart.

January 1, 2000 Comment

Susan Wloszczyna

USA Today

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A triumphant celebration of the human spirit in the face of suffering.

February 26, 2002 Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice

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Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

Spirituality and Practice

With a lack of tension in the resiliency of the women, there is little in the way of overall tension nor, ultimately, point in their endless suffering.

October 28, 2001 Full Review Source: Film Freak Central

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Walter Chaw

Film Freak Central

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OUTSTANDING!

December 8, 2009

Wahida K

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How can you give this film anything but 5 Stars. If there is one thing I enjoy about any movie, is the fact that I learned something from it. It is ashamed that it takes 50 years to learn the secrets of a War. There seems to be more and more movies coming out that tell us of these hidden secrets. This is based on a

April 3, 2009