- Summary:
- Director: Diablo Cody
- Genre(s): Drama, Comedy
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 0 out of 7
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Mixed: 5 out of 7
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Negative: 2 out of 7
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Oct 15, 201357A directorial debut composed of many of the filmmaker’s trademarks (strong women, pop cultural-heavy dialogue, a difficult subject matter made light by way of wit) that still manages to disappoint when it comes to the final product.
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50The film smartly avoids the sort of cynical hijinks that characterize the majority of Vegas-set flicks, though it can't come up with anything more compelling to place in its stead.
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50There's something to be said for fiction that, in its form, dares to resemble life as it's lived. Our minor failings and chemical imbalances certainly shape our stories. This troubled yet promising debut gets that much right.
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42The concept is rich with potential to offend yet after a promising opener Cody doesn't seem interested.
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40Cody shows promise as a director, paving over the bumpy patches with clever song choices, but needs to mix things up if she hopes to continue.
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25Paradise is neither a good film nor is there any evidence it was a good script.
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20If mean-spirited snarksters had set out to trash the reputation of "Juno" screenwriter Diablo Cody, they couldn’t have done a more vicious job than the Oscar winner herself does with her directorial debut.
