Another Day In Paradise
Special Double Feature!
Another Day In Paradise is a sexy and thrilling portrayal of a makeshift family of professional thieves on a cross-country crime spree. Mel and Sid give outstanding performances as the scheming couple who adopt two young lovers (Bobby and Rosie).
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Not as good as Kids - xYJx
While the message of Kids was pretty clear, this James Woods lead flick serves up nothing except a meager attempt at mainstreaming Larry Clark. This is probably one of Clark's most meaningless film, as most of the storyline was a fusion between True Romance and Pulp Fiction. Even Teenage Cavemen was more interesting than this film. Skip it, check out Bully, Kids or Teenage Cavemen instead.pointless... - aurevoir
I don't really know what to pick up from this movie. I am a big fan of Larry Clarks films however this one just didn't live up to others for me. I cannot find myself having any sympathy for these characters as I did with his other films...it doesn't do an outstanding job of putting you in their shoes. What you get is a bit of a mixed up sort of montage of the crazy antics that occur in these peoples lives, however...as oppose to with kids and Clarks other films, it feels to me as if it has no real direction. I left the movie feeling bleek, unsure of its purpose. Not a well executed movie. However, this film does have some pretty top notch acting, thanks to James Woods. What is he doing in a movie like this?
I'd recommend one of Clark's other films over this one anytime, Kids, Bully and Ken Park. TEnjoyed this way more than Kids (1995) - Jay-
Directed by Larry Clark. Unfortunately the DVD copy I had of this film was a full screen pan and scan version! Fortunately, the film was so good that the incorrect framing wasn’t an issue (I had pretty low expectations).
The cast of this film is great. James Woods was born to play his role as a small-time thief. He liked the role so much that he signed on as a producer.
Melanie Griffith is perfect as Woods’ junkie girlfriend with too many Botox injections. I haven’t seen Vincent Kartheiser since he played the lead in The Indian in the Cupboard (1995). He plays a young junkie that Woods and Griffith befriend to pull a few robberies.
Then there is Natasha Gregson Wagner who plays Kartheiser’s druggie girlfriend. She is Natalie Wood’s daughter and Robert Wagner’s step-daughter. Lou Diamond Phillips does an uncredited performance that will make you do a double-take.
I saw Larry Clark’s first film, Kids (1995) and didn’t think very much of it. I was surprised by how much I liked Another Day in Paradise (1998), mainly because all of characters in the film are low-life drug addicts. They do a couple of robberies hoping to get rich and lay low but each time disaster strikes and things go from bad to hopeless.
It’s too bad that James Woods has drifted into obscure TV roles and voiceover work because he’s a lot of fun to watch onscreen. This is probably the best film he’s done in the last seven years. Now if only somebody would release this film in its proper aspect ration of 1.85:1. It deserves at least that much.
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Not as good as Kids - xYJx
While the message of Kids was pretty clear, this James Woods lead flick serves up nothing except a meager attempt at mainstreaming Larry Clark. This is probably one of Clark's most meaningless film, as most of the storyline was a fusion between True Romance ...pointless... - aurevoir
I don't really know what to pick up from this movie. I am a big fan of Larry Clarks films however this one just didn't live up to others for me. I cannot find myself having any sympathy for these characters as I did with his other films...it doesn't do an ...Enjoyed this way more than Kids (1995) - Jay-
Directed by Larry Clark. Unfortunately the DVD copy I had of this film was a full screen pan and scan version! Fortunately, the film was so good that the incorrect framing wasn’t an issue (I had pretty low expectations).
The cast of this film is great. ...