Paradise
Film Movement | Release Date: October 6, 2017 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
52
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 7 Critic Reviews
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2
Mixed:
5
Negative:
0
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75
Slant MagazineChuck BowenOct 4, 2017
Andrei Konchalovsky's film is more than an exercise, as pitiless moments accumulate with enraged relentlessness. Read full review
70
VarietyGuy LodgeOct 4, 2017
The film’s tone and outlook is changeable throughout — down to a striking, only semi-successful framing device of docu-style testimonies that hover deliberately between worlds. Read full review
60
CineVueJohn BleasdaleOct 4, 2017
There's a lot that's wonderful about Andrei Konchalovsky's Holocaust drama Paradise and yet there's something fundamentally wrong with the film. Read full review
50
The New York TimesBen KenigsbergOct 5, 2017
Paradise is a strikingly shot Holocaust drama that ultimately seems confused about whose story it’s telling or to what end. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterNeil YoungOct 4, 2017
Strong performances and outstanding cinematography aren't enough to rescue an unfocused and episodic screenplay, which will leave many stranded in a purgatorial cinematic-halfway house between bliss and despair. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleOct 12, 2017
Paradise and its predictable waltz of suffering, choked consciousness and monstrosity adds little to the problematic subset of camp-themed World War II movies, which feel like nostalgia for hell. Read full review
40
Screen DailyJonathan RomneyOct 4, 2017
The Holocaust has undergone some awkward treatments on screen before, but one of the most ungainly recent examples must be Andrei Konchalovsky’s Paradise, a well-intentioned but very soft-edged mess of romance, metaphysics and historical theorising. Read full review
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