Trapped in Paradise

Blanca Jansuzian, Dana Carvey, Greg Ellwand

Three brothers (Nicolas Cage, Jon Lovitz, Dana Carvey) with a streak of lawbreaking in them head to a small town in Pennsylvania called Paradise, intending to rob a ripe bank there. But the people in ...( read more  read more... )the community turn out to be so nice that the thought of ripping them off proves difficult to imagine. The three leads each get to do their uniquely comic shticks, and that makes this film marginally watchable. But the pace is enervating and the story's main idea isn't all that well developed. --Tom Keogh

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Directed by: George Gallo

Released: January 1, 1994

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DVD Released: June 1, 2004

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  • January 29, 2009
    I wouldn't even waste a pay cable station on this. It's strickly stuck-in-bed-sick on TNT type of a feature. That way when you pass out from the meds you can console yourself that you really didn't miss anything.
  • March 8, 2007
    Likeable comedy crime caper full of the usual stereotypes, but it did make me laugh.
  • November 25, 2006
    Dumb but funny
  • November 19, 2006
    I thought it was rather decent.
  • December 28, 2005
    It's weird to see Nicolas Cage in a comedy role.
  • April 6, 2009
    haven't seen this movie in quite some time. should probably watch it again so i can give it a better review

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January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

It should be preserved by the Library of Congress, as an example of creative desperation. It plays like a documentary about a group of actors forced to perform in a screenplay that contains not one si... full review

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