Club Paradise

Name: Club Paradise
Genre: Comedy
Released: July 11, 1986
Duration: 96 min
Rating: 40
Cast: Adolph Caesar, Andrea Martin, Brian Doyle-Murray, Eugene Levy, Jimmy Cliff

1986

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Warner Bros. | Release Date: July 11, 1986 | PG-13

Starring: Adolph Caesar, Andrea Martin, Brian Doyle-Murray, Eugene Levy, Jimmy Cliff, Joanna Cassidy, Peter O'Toole, Rick Moranis, Robin Williams, Twiggy

Summary: Injured while risking his life to save an angry German shepard, Chicago Firefighter Jack Moniker retires and moves to a small carribean island named St. Nicholas. There, he is befriended by the owner of a run-down resort, Ernest Reed. Greedy developers are schemeing to wrest Reed's coveted beach front property from him for non-payment ofInjured while risking his life to save an angry German shepard, Chicago Firefighter Jack Moniker retires and moves to a small carribean island named St. Nicholas. There, he is befriended by the owner of a run-down resort, Ernest Reed. Greedy developers are schemeing to wrest Reed's coveted beach front property from him for non-payment of taxes. Jack comes to Ernest's rescue, and together they renovate and reopen the resort catering to affluent Americans. The film follows the zany exploits of the proprietors, guests and various colorful island denizans, as they break in the new "Club Paradise".… Expand

Director: Harold Ramis

Genre(s): Comedy

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 96 min

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Paul Attanasio

So the laughs don't build -- you watch Club Paradise moment by moment, and it's only as good as its dialogue. [11 July 1986, p.D1]

Vincent Canby

It's very easy to make it sound funnier than it ever is. Like ''Caddyshack'' and ''National Lampoon's Vacation,'' which Mr. Ramis also directed, and like ''Animal House'' and ''Ghostbusters,'' which he also wrote in part, Club Paradise is full of funny ideas that are never adequately developed. The best it can offer are successful one-liners....The movie is painless, and everybody associated with it is good company, but considering the obvious effort and the expense that went into it, the result should have been much, much better. Read full review

Christine Arnold

Next to Club Paradise, Caddyshack looks like comic art. [11 July 1986, p.D1]

Roger Ebert

The movie never really comes together, and I think the fault for that begins with Williams. When the star of a movie seems desperate enough to depend on one-liners, can the rest of the cast be blamed for losing confidence in the script? Read full review

David Sterritt

The unchanneled energy of Robin Williams can't redeem this messy yarn. Read full review

Staff (Not Credited)

Williams can be a terrific actor/comedian, but the spark isn’t there. Somehow, Murray might have come up with cleverer ways of getting back at complaining guests (Andrea Martin, Steven Kampmann), nerdy, sex-crazed weaklings (Rick Moranis and Eugene Levy, respectively) and the other expected amalgam of folks. Read full review

Rita Kempley

ROBIN WILLIAMS rises above the mediocrity of Harold Ramis' newest comedy, which features the cherubic improv comic as co-owner of a de'classe' Club Med. Even so, Club Paradise is lost. [11 July 1986, p.N31]

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