Club Paradise (1986)
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8% of critics liked it
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38% of users liked it
(6,761 ratings)
Robin Williams' comic shtick sabotages any attempt at comic development in Harold Ramis' patchy comedy farce Club Paradise. Williams plays Jack Moniker, a Chicago fireman injured in the line of duty, who uses his disability money to open up a run-down Caribbean resort. Jack eagerly awaits… More Robin Williams' comic shtick sabotages any attempt at comic development in Harold Ramis' patchy comedy farce Club Paradise. Williams plays Jack Moniker, a Chicago fireman injured in the line of duty, who uses his disability money to open up a run-down Caribbean resort. Jack eagerly awaits the planeload of tourists who will be his first patrons. This group of low-rent jackanapes include Barry Nye (Rick Moranis) and Barry Steinberg (Eugene Levy), a couple of horny geek bachelors; Phillipa Lloyd (Twiggy) and Terry Hamlin (Joanna Cassidy) as a couple of gals on the make; and Linda White (Andrea Martin), as a bossy American tourist. While the tourists shindig around Jack's ramshackle resort, a revolution is brewing on the island headed by revolutionary Ernest Reed (Jimmy Cliff). Trying to prevent the revolutionary upheaval is the dissipated British governor-general of the island, Governor Anthony Cloyden Hayes (Peter O'Toole), and the pompous Prime Minister Solomon Gundy (Adolph Caesar). ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi
- Directed By
- Harold Ramis
- Written By
- Harold Ramis, Brian Doyle-Murray
- Genres
- Comedy
- In Theaters
- Jul 11, 1986 Wide
- Studio
- Warner Home Video
Critic Reviews
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Scott Weinberg, DVDTalk.com
Feels like it was inspired by a People Magazine article, and stretched out into feature length through the dubious overuse of sketch-type comedy droppings.
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Eric Meyerson, Filmcritic.com
A word of warning: these leftovers are rotten.
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Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice
Don't expect too much more from this film than a few chuckles and a soundtrack which mixes some delectable reggae and rock music.
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Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
The most embarassing movie Peter O'Toole ever graced.
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Cast
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Robin Williams
as Jack Moniker
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Peter O'Toole
as Gov. Anthony Croyden Hayes
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Rick Moranis
as Barry Nye
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Jimmy Cliff
as Ernest Reed
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Twiggy
as Phillipa Lloyd
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Adolph Caesar
as Prime Minister Solomon Gundy
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Eugene Levy
as Barry Steinberg
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Joanna Cassidy
as Terry Hamlin
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Andrea Martin
as Linda White
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Brian Doyle-Murray
as Voit Zerbe
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Steven Kampmann
as Randy White
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Antoinette Bower
as Pamela
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Carl Bradshaw
as Cab Driver
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Peter Bromilow
as Nigel
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Arthur Brown
as Opposition Leader
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Bill W. Curry
as Helmut
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Joe Dorsey
as Data Processing Supervisor
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Robin Duke
as Mary Lou
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Joe Flaherty
as Pilot
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Bobby Ghisays
as Sheik
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Mary Gross
as Jackie
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Charles Hyatt
as Mr. Banks
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Simon Jones
as Loby Prooth
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Kashka
as Jail Cell Guard
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Carey Lowell
as Fashion Model
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Bruce McGill
as Dave the Fireman
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Louis Zorich
as Swiss Businessman
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Christopher Meredith
as Flamboyant
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