Night in Paradise
Netflix | Release Date (Streaming): April 9, 2021 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 6 Critic Reviews
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Mixed:
5
Negative:
0
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Paste MagazineNatalia KeoganApr 9, 2021
While the visual and thematic richness of Night in Paradise could adequately carry the film on their own, the wry comedic tone that often infiltrates even the darkest exchanges between characters enhances the overall emotional payoff. Read full review
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The GuardianLeslie FelperinApr 8, 2021
Leisurely pacing rather draws it all out a bit, but there’s real inventiveness to the way Park wrong-foots the viewer and handles the operatic displays of gunfire and death – and the leads are rather charming. Read full review
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The Hollywood ReporterDeborah YoungApr 7, 2021
Night in Paradise contains a lot of good plotting, several amusing characters and a decent array of exciting action scenes and bloodshed. But it is indulgently long. Read full review
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Screen DailyJonathan RomneyApr 7, 2021
You just wish that director Park had managed to execute the film as a whole with the crisp efficacy of some of his individual sequences. Read full review
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IndieWireDavid EhrlichApr 10, 2021
Park makes a noble attempt to suffuse the meditative soulfulness of Takeshi Kitano’s “Fireworks” into the propulsive genre tropes established by more recent (and more Korean) forebearers like “A Bittersweet Life,” but he just can’t find the same poetry in that silent pain as he’s able to produce from the screaming kind. Read full review
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The A.V. ClubJason ShawhanApr 7, 2021
Night In Paradise is an exceptional resource for anyone trying to understand how stories can be told within the frame, even as it consistently trips on its relentless grimdark tendencies. There are no pleasant people to be found here; there is no path that doesn’t lead to the grave. Read full review
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