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- 1994
- PG-13
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 1 h 51 m
- 1994
- PG-13
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 1 h 51 m
Summary Residents of a friendly Pennsylvania town foil three brothers' plan to rob a bank on Christmas Eve.
Directed By: George Gallo
Written By: George Gallo
- 1994
- PG-13
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 1 h 51 m
- 1994
- PG-13
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 1 h 51 m
Trapped in Paradise
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Summary Residents of a friendly Pennsylvania town foil three brothers' plan to rob a bank on Christmas Eve.
Directed By: George Gallo
Written By: George Gallo
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 21 Critic Reviews
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5% Positive
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1 Review
48% Mixed
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
48% Negative
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 21 Critic Reviews
31
5% Positive
1 Review
1 Review
48% Mixed
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
48% Negative
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
Trapped in Paradise merely settles for being a genial diversion from the holiday shopping crowds. [02 Dec 1994, p.6]
As slapstick, it is painfully slow, so much so that one can see every overstretched rubber band and frayed shoelace keeping the film barely together. [02 Dec 1994, p.03]
Trapped in Paradise, a heist caper starring Nicolas Cage, Jon Lovitz and Dana Carvey, gets lost in a snow flurry of subplots and formulaic run-and-chase -- right around the time you've settled in for a good comedy.
Since Trapped in Paradise assembles three actors as amusing as Nicolas Cage, Dana Carvey and Jon Lovitz, it's a minor holiday miracle that this homey comedy barely elicits even a chuckle.
Sentimentality exceeds the bounds of the seasonal fantasy in Trapped in Paradise
and ends up with all the charm of winter slush. [03 Dec 1994]
If Frank Capra had directed the Three Stooges in a Disney Christmas release, the results would have been considerably better than this godawful Fox comedy (1994) by writer-producer-director George Gallo.
Interminably unfunny, this holiday offering about how the three Firpo brothers learn the true meaning of Christmas from the inhabitants of the quaint small town whose bank they've robbed is something of a crime itself.
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Production Company
Permut Presentations,
Twentieth Century Fox
Release Date Dec 2, 1994
Duration 1 h 51 m
Rating PG-13
Tagline The story of a town that gave so much... Even these guys couldn't take anymore.
