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Movie Info

This February, BAFTA Nominee Mena Suvari faces danger at Paradise Cove. Todd Grinnell ("One Day at a Time") and Kristin Bauer van Straten ("True Blood") also star in the Martin Guigui-directed thriller, the story of a contractor and his wife who move to Malibu to flip his mother's beach house and are terrorized by the deranged homeless lady living under the house.

Genre:

mystery and thriller, drama
Original Language:

English
Director:

Martin Guigui
Producer:

Dahlia Waingort, Sherry Klein
Writer:

Sherry Klein
Release Date (Theaters):

Feb 12, 2021 limited
Release Date (Streaming):

Feb 12, 2021
Runtime:

1h 43m
Production Co:

Thunder Studios
Aspect Ratio:

Scope (2.35:1)

Cast & Crew

Todd Grinnell
Knox Bannett

Kristin Bauer van Straten
Bree

Mena Suvari
Tracey

Eddie Goines
Griff

Krista Allen
Joan Carr

Horacio Galaviz
Hiron

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Critic Reviews for Paradise Cove

All Critics (11) | Top Critics (1) | Fresh (4) | Rotten (7)

The pacing is just brisk enough to lend a cheesy concept sufficient "Are they really going there? Oh yes, they are!" watchability, with dashes of inappropriate sexuality and weird marital dynamics adding additional flavor.

February 11, 2021 | Full Review…

Dennis Harvey
Variety
an ugly, uncomfortable portrait of a polarised America on the edge, caught not just between the movable boundaries of earth and ocean, and between the conflicting elements of water and fire, but between the ever-warring demands of need and greed.

April 5, 2021 | Full Review…

Anton Bitel
Projected Figures
Squatter with grudge menaces; cursing, violence, sex.

March 3, 2021 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

Barbara Shulgasser
Common Sense Media
We've been here before, of course, in umpteen straight-to DVD/streaming movies and even though we can predict the story beats long before they actually arrive, Paradise Cove still manages to be mundanely engaging.

February 26, 2021 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Paul Mount
Starburst
Paradise Cove may be more a destination you laugh at than with, but its unintentional value as farcical viewing is enough to request an overnight stay.

February 15, 2021 | Full Review…

Peter Gray
This is Film
Paradise Cove isn't going to win any awards for originality but Kristin Bauer van Straten's performance makes the feature more enjoyable.

February 13, 2021 | Rating: 2.5/5 | Full Review…

Tyler Doupe
Dread Central
... we won't even talk about the dog.

February 12, 2021 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

MontiLee Stormer
MovieReelist.com
The character motivations often make no sense, and the filmmakers contrive increasingly far-fetched reasons for Bree to remain at large.

February 10, 2021 | Rating: C- | Full Review…

Josh Bell
Crooked Marquee
Any campy appeal the film might have is sunk by its questionable sense of humanity and lack of genuine thrills.

February 10, 2021 | Full Review…

Thom Ernst
Original Cin
Martin Guigui directs Sherry Klein's script. Either he did not read it first, or he did read it and simply didn't understand it.

February 9, 2021 | Rating: 1.5 | Full Review…

Hope Madden
Columbus Underground
Logic goes out the window at one or two early points, and especially in the slow stomp toward a climax.

February 8, 2021 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…

Roger Moore
Movie Nation