| Return to Paradise Review |
| by Dennis Schwartz |
| RETURN TO PARADISE (director: Joseph Ruben; screenwriters: Wesley
Strick/Bruce Robinson/loosely based on a 1990 French film called "Force
Majeure"; cinematographer: Reynaldo Villalobos; cast:Vince Vaughn
(Sheriff), Anne Heche (Beth), Joaquin Phoenix...more |
| Return to Paradise Review |
| by David Wilcock |
| Return to Paradise is a grim thriller that tries hard to impress, but is
somewhat flawed. Sheriff (Vaughn), Lewis (Phoenix) and Tony (David Conrad)
are three friends who spend time in Malaysia drinking, having sex, and
smoking lots of hash. Tony and...more |
| Return to Paradise Review |
| by Mark R Leeper |
| Capsule: Wow! Pretty tough to imagine this
not being the best film I see this year. Three
buddies committed a crime in Malaysia, two left the
country, and one was caught. If neither of the
free...more |
| Return to Paradise Review |
| by Steve Kong |
| Return to Paradise is a movie that has a great morality play. It uses the
characters to force us to ask ourselves one question Is the life of a
friend worth three years of your life? more |
| Return to Paradise Review |
| by Ryan Davis |
| Would you give up three years of your life to save a close friend’s life?
This is the moral dilemma placed before Sheriff (Vince Vaughn) and Tony
(David Conrad) in Return To Paradise. more |
| Return to Paradise Review |
| by Matt Williams |
| Return to Paradise is a drama based entirely on a key ethical dilemma.
The dilemma itself is a potentially fascinating one, but the film
doesn't fully live up to its potential. more |
| Return to Paradise Review |
| by Kristian Lin |
| RETURN TO PARADISE is about three American tourists who meet and
befriend each other in Malaysia: Brooklyn limo driver Sheriff (Vince
Vaughn), clean-cut Harvard grad Tony (David Conrad), and hippie activist
Louis (Joaquin Phoenix), all carousing in a...more |
| Return to Paradise Review |
| by J.K. Salisbury |
| Buried somewhere, deep in the recesses of your local multi-plex, lies one of
the true gems of the summer, and of the year so far. This is surely the most
powerful, and emotional movies I've seen, if not one of the best this year
(Sorry Mr Spielberg,...more |
| Return to Paradise Review |
| by Edwin Jahiel |
| RETURN TO PARADISE *** Directed by Joseph Ruben. Written by Wesley Strick
and Bruce Robinson. Photography, Reynaldo Villalobos. Editing, Andrew
Mondshein & Craig McKay. Production design, Bill Groom. Music, by Mark
Mancina.Cast: Vince Vaughn (Sheriff),...more |
| Return to Paradise Review |
| by Alex Fung |
| RETURN TO PARADISE (Polygram - 1998)
Starring Vince Vaughn, Anne Heche, Joaquin Phoenix, David Conrad,
Jada Pinkett Smith
Screenplay by Wesley Strick and Bruce Robinson
Produced by Alain Berheim, Steve Golin
Directed by Joseph Ruben
Running time: 109...more |
| Return to Paradise Review |
| by Craig Roush |
| Release Date: August 14, 1998
Starring: Anne Heche, Vince Vaughn, Joaquin Phoenix, David Conrad, Vera
Farmiga, Jada Pinkett
Directed by: Joseph Ruben
Distributed by: PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
MPAA Rating: R (violence, language, sexuality)
URL:...more |
| Return to Paradise Review |
| by Berge Garabedian |
| Vince Vaughn must've really liked working with his co-stars in this
film. Come autumn, Vince will be co-starring opposite Joaquin Phoenix
in CLAY PIGEONS, and come Christmas, he joins his other co-star, Anne
Heche, in Gus Van Sant's shot-by-shot remake...more |
| Return to Paradise Review |
| by David Sunga |
| Rating: 2.0 stars (out of 4.0)
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Key to rating system:
2.0 stars - Debatable
2.5 stars - Some people may like it
3.0 stars - I liked it
3.5 stars - I am biased in favor of the movie
4.0 stars - I felt the movie's impact...more |
| Return to Paradise Review |
| by Yen, Homer |
| How much would you be willing to sacrifice for someone that you hardly
knew? For my family and closest of friends, I'm sure that I'd sacrifice
everything I could to help them. But I'm not so sure that I could say
the same if the person in question was...more |
| Return to Paradise Review |
| by Nick Amado |
| Regardless of the critical response to this film, few would debate that
Return To Paradise is one of the most thought provoking films of the
decade. The story asks two main characters, Sherrif and Tony, if they
would spend three years of their life in a...more |
| Return to Paradise Review |
| by Michael Dequina |
| Give up three years of your life or let a friend hang. That is the moral
dilemma facing two young men in _Return_to_Paradise_, a largely intriguing
drama whose by-the-numbers paces are elevated to a higher level by the
strong acting ensemble. more |
| Return to Paradise Review |
| by Harvey S. Karten |
| Reviewed by Harvey Karten, Ph.D.
Polygram Filmed Entertainment/Propaganda Films
Director: Joseph Ruben
Writer: Wesley Strick, Bruce Robinson
Cast: Vince Vaughn, Anne Heche, Joaquin Phoenix, Jada
Pinkett Smith more |
| Return to Paradise Review |
| by Susan Granger |
| This intensely involving drama presents a stunning moral
dilemma. The story begins with three twenty-something American men
cavorting carelessly in sun-drenched Malaysia, enjoying the rum,
girls, and cheap hash. Originally strangers who met...more |
