The defence The Prestige Tourist
“Sincerity is not manipulation.”
The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.
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Paradise
Drama · 1991
A 10-year-old boy spends a summer in the country with a childless couple and a precocious girl.
Movie details
Paradise
“It would take a miracle to save their love... and that's just what they got.”
1991 Drama 1h 51m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
6.2 / 10
Community rating
A 10-year-old boy spends a summer in the country with a childless couple and a precocious girl.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over Paradise?
For the defence
The Prestige Tourist
“You like your greatness pre-approved.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Adrenaline Seeker
“If it slows down, you check your phone.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
Taste neighbourhood
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Names above the title
The people responsible.
Cast & crew
Directed by
Mary Agnes Donoghue
Written by
Mary Agnes Donoghue
Melanie Griffith
Lily Reed
Don Johnson
Ben Reed
Elijah Wood
Willard Young
Thora Birch
Billie Pike
Sheila McCarthy
Sally Pike
Eve Gordon
Rosemary Young
Louise Latham
Catherine Reston Lee
Court is in session
Put Paradise on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Adrenaline Seeker
“The strings are showing.”
Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.