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Movie critics combined give Paradise Now (2005) a score of 2.9583 out of 4
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Paradise Now (2005) scores a combined 3.38 out of 4 stars for Orlando Weekly (Steve Schneider)Orlando Weekly (Steve Schneider)
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Paradise Now (2005) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for UpcomingDiscs.com (Mark Dancer)UpcomingDiscs.com (Mark Dancer)
The Academy Awards are starting to build a case against their own validity. In 2005, they nominated a simply amazing film called Downfall in the Best Foreign Film category, but eventually gave the award to The Sea Inside. While Sea is a fine film, it ...read the complete Paradise Now movie review at UpcomingDiscs.com (Mark Dancer)
Paradise Now (2005) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for Empire Movies (Liam Cullin)Empire Movies (Liam Cullin)
Like I said, this movie isn't going to solve anything - but if it succeeds in bringing the crisis in the Middle East closer to home for anybody watching, then it's mission is accomplished. ...read the complete Paradise Now movie review at Empire Movies (Liam Cullin)
Paradise Now (2005) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for Austin Chronicle (Marjorie Baumgarten)Austin Chronicle (Marjorie Baumgarten)
Inside the mind of a Palestinian suicide bomber: That’s the guarded territory broached in Paradise Now as two young men from the West Bank city of Nablus are given 24 hours' notice that they are next in line to cross over to Tel Aviv and pull the final ...read the complete Paradise Now movie review at Austin Chronicle (Marjorie Baumgarten)
Paradise Now (2005) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for CinemaZone.dkCinemaZone.dk
To mænd – en ung og en ældre – står og diskuterer, hvorvidt en kofanger på en bil er skæv eller ej. Sådan begynder Hany Abu-Assad sin historie. En helt almindelig hverdag; dette kunne ske hvilket som helst sted på kloden. Den ældre mand ...read the complete Paradise Now movie review at CinemaZone.dk
Paradise Now (2005) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) (Ken Hanke)Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) (Ken Hanke)
It's all compelling, and the film boasts an ending that leaves the audience sitting in numbed silence. ...read the complete Paradise Now movie review at Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) (Ken Hanke)
Paradise Now (2005) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)
A powerful, poignant, provocative drama, it gets its strength from its dispassion, from an uncompromising determination to explain rather than justify or condemn, to put a human face on incomprehensible acts. ...read the complete Paradise Now movie review at Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)
Paradise Now (2005) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for LA Weekly (Ella Taylor)LA Weekly (Ella Taylor)
Abu-Assad, who made the lovely 2002 film "Rana's Wedding," is a far more gifted observer of the everyday than he is an action director, which is why, in Paradise Now, he productively sidetracks into a persuasive and often very funny portrait of the ...read the complete Paradise Now movie review at LA Weekly (Ella Taylor)
Paradise Now (2005) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (Jack Garner)Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (Jack Garner)
Paradise Now contributes mightily to further understanding of Palestinian frustrations, as well as the terrorism so sadly rampant in the world today. ...read the complete Paradise Now movie review at Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (Jack Garner)
Paradise Now (2005) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for efilmcritic.com (Peter Sobczynski)efilmcritic.com (Peter Sobczynski)
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Paradise Now (2005) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for New York Times (Stephen Holden)New York Times (Stephen Holden)
This taut, ingeniously calculated thriller fixates on the flashpoint where psychology and politics ignite in self-destructive martyrdom. ...read the complete Paradise Now movie review at New York Times (Stephen Holden)
Paradise Now (2005) scores a combined 3.18 out of 4 stars for Film Monthly (Hank Yuloff)Film Monthly (Hank Yuloff)
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Paradise Now (2005) scores a combined 3.12 out of 4 stars for Austin Chronicle (Marjorie Baumgarten)Austin Chronicle (Marjorie Baumgarten)
The details are intriguing, but ultimately we learn little more about what's in their heads. ...read the complete Paradise Now movie review at Austin Chronicle (Marjorie Baumgarten)
Paradise Now (2005) scores a combined 3.08 out of 4 stars for The Boston PhoenixThe Boston Phoenix
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Paradise Now (2005) scores a combined 3.05 out of 4 stars for MediaScreen.comMediaScreen.com
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Paradise Now (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Seattle Times (John Hartl)Seattle Times (John Hartl)
Asks the big questions and answers quite a few of them, although its ending is tantalizingly ambiguous. ...read the complete Paradise Now movie review at Seattle Times (John Hartl)
Paradise Now (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Philadelphia Inquirer (Carrie Rickey)Philadelphia Inquirer (Carrie Rickey)
Paradise Now plays like Samuel Beckett's "Waiting for Godot," but with explosives. ...read the complete Paradise Now movie review at Philadelphia Inquirer (Carrie Rickey)
Paradise Now (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Miami Herald (Connie Ogle)Miami Herald (Connie Ogle)
It would be difficult to undertake a more politically relevant film or explore a more volatile subject, and Abu-Assad attempts his project with skill and sensitivity. ...read the complete Paradise Now movie review at Miami Herald (Connie Ogle)
Paradise Now (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Newsday (Gene Seymour)Newsday (Gene Seymour)
It is in no way an apologia for terrorism. But it's a character study that subtly nudges the viewer toward greater understanding. ...read the complete Paradise Now movie review at Newsday (Gene Seymour)
Paradise Now (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
The director puts a human face on the headlines. ...read the complete Paradise Now movie review at Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
Paradise Now (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Arizona Daily Star (Phil Villarreal)Arizona Daily Star (Phil Villarreal)
Not an entirely successful experiment, plagued with overdone sentimentality and a middle act that serves only to stretch out the slim story, but what "Paradise Now" says, it does so forcefully that it can't be ignored. ...read the complete Paradise Now movie review at Arizona Daily Star (Phil Villarreal)
Paradise Now (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Los Angeles Daily News (Glenn Whipp)Los Angeles Daily News (Glenn Whipp)
[A] gripping political thriller. ...read the complete Paradise Now movie review at Los Angeles Daily News (Glenn Whipp)
Paradise Now (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for San Francisco Chronicle (Ruthe Stein)San Francisco Chronicle (Ruthe Stein)
The film captures the bleakness of the West Bank and, more powerfully, shows us lives so grim that the thought of paradise now seems enticing. ...read the complete Paradise Now movie review at San Francisco Chronicle (Ruthe Stein)
Paradise Now (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Chicago Tribune (Michael Wilmington)Chicago Tribune (Michael Wilmington)
Paradise catches and keeps your attention because of its daring subject, real-life backdrops and the intensity of its actors. ...read the complete Paradise Now movie review at Chicago Tribune (Michael Wilmington)
Paradise Now (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for ReelViews (James Berardinelli)ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Paradise Now is a tough film because of what it attempts to do. It's a rare thing for a movie to present events of the Arab/Israeli struggle from the Palestinian side, where terrorists are viewed as "martyrs" and "freedom fighters" instead ...read the complete Paradise Now movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Paradise Now (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Detroit Free Press (Terry Lawson)Detroit Free Press (Terry Lawson)
A movie hardly lacking for anxiety and uneasiness. ...read the complete Paradise Now movie review at Detroit Free Press (Terry Lawson)
Paradise Now (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Film Freak Central (Walter Chaw)Film Freak Central (Walter Chaw)
Doesn't ascribe morality so much as paint a picture of confusion, anger, and desperation. ...read the complete Paradise Now movie review at Film Freak Central (Walter Chaw)
Paradise Now (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for San Francisco Chronicle (Ruthe Stein)San Francisco Chronicle (Ruthe Stein)
A compelling, tightly made political thriller. ...read the complete Paradise Now movie review at San Francisco Chronicle (Ruthe Stein)
Paradise Now (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Chicago Tribune (Michael Wilmington)Chicago Tribune (Michael Wilmington)
It's an intricate, sometimes implausible ideological thriller that might be better as a smaller-scaled, less% preachy psychological drama. Still, "Paradise" catches and keeps your attention because of its daring subject, real-life backdrops and the ...read the complete Paradise Now movie review at Chicago Tribune (Michael Wilmington)
Paradise Now (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Salt Lake Tribune (Sean Means)Salt Lake Tribune (Sean Means)
What is striking about Paradise Now is the stark way Abu-Assad lays out the situation, unvarnished and unbiased. ...read the complete Paradise Now movie review at Salt Lake Tribune (Sean Means)
Paradise Now (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Reno Gazette-Journal (Forrest Hartman)Reno Gazette-Journal (Forrest Hartman)
Paradise Now is a great movie on many accounts. ...read the complete Paradise Now movie review at Reno Gazette-Journal (Forrest Hartman)
Paradise Now (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for St. Paul Pioneer Press (Chris Hewitt (St. Paul))St. Paul Pioneer Press (Chris Hewitt (St. Paul))
The movie makes us care by observing the details of their lives, by reminding us that they are fellow members of the human race. ...read the complete Paradise Now movie review at St. Paul Pioneer Press (Chris Hewitt (St. Paul))
Paradise Now (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for TV Guide's Movie Guide (Ken Fox)TV Guide's Movie Guide (Ken Fox)
Shot on location in the beleaguered Palestinian city of Nablus, filmmaker Hany Abu-Assad's fourth feature is a thoughtful, unsparing look at a controversial subject: suicide bombing. ...read the complete Paradise Now movie review at TV Guide's Movie Guide (Ken Fox)
Paradise Now (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Duane Dudek)Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Duane Dudek)
How else to understand and, more to the point, pre-empt such actions? ...read the complete Paradise Now movie review at Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Duane Dudek)
Paradise Now (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Minneapolis Star Tribune (Colin Covert)Minneapolis Star Tribune (Colin Covert)
What makes the film more than a routine thriller is its willingness to explore what makes these walking time bombs tick. ...read the complete Paradise Now movie review at Minneapolis Star Tribune (Colin Covert)
Paradise Now (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Denver Post (Lisa Kennedy)Denver Post (Lisa Kennedy)
[A] sensitive, occasionally didactic film. ...read the complete Paradise Now movie review at Denver Post (Lisa Kennedy)
Paradise Now (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for New York Daily News (Jack Mathews)New York Daily News (Jack Mathews)
Hany Abu-Assad's stark, minimalist portrait of two young Palestinian men preparing for a suicide-bombing mission in Tel Aviv is the kind of movie that takes away both your breath and your ability to get out of your seat. ...read the complete Paradise Now movie review at New York Daily News (Jack Mathews)
Paradise Now (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Christianity Today (Peter T. Chattaway)Christianity Today (Peter T. Chattaway)
Abu-Assad does a good job of building tension and showing some of the complexities within Palestinian culture. He has, as they say, put a human face on the Palestinians. ...read the complete Paradise Now movie review at Christianity Today (Peter T. Chattaway)
Paradise Now (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (John Beifuss)Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (John Beifuss)
Today's assignment: Watch 'Paradise Now.' Discuss. ...read the complete Paradise Now movie review at Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (John Beifuss)
Paradise Now (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Aufmuth.com (Jeanne Aufmuth)Aufmuth.com (Jeanne Aufmuth)
Simple, reflective, and uncomfortably relevant. ...read the complete Paradise Now movie review at Aufmuth.com (Jeanne Aufmuth)
Paradise Now (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
Shot in the West Bank, the film radiates authenticity. Even when he plays the action like a thriller, Abu-Assad is in search of a deeper truth. ...read the complete Paradise Now movie review at Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
Paradise Now (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Miami Herald (Connie Ogle)Miami Herald (Connie Ogle)
Riveting. ...read the complete Paradise Now movie review at Miami Herald (Connie Ogle)
Paradise Now (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Philadelphia InquirerPhiladelphia Inquirer
A high-tension thriller about Palestinian youth recruited as suicide bombers, Paradise Now plays like Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot, but with explosives. This riveting drama, made before Israel's September withdrawal from the West Bank, ...read the complete Paradise Now movie review at Philadelphia Inquirer
Paradise Now (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for New York Post (Kyle Smith)New York Post (Kyle Smith)
Propaganda is terror's best friend, but Paradise Now is clever enough to make that buddy work for our side for a change. ...read the complete Paradise Now movie review at New York Post (Kyle Smith)
Paradise Now (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for DVD Clinic ("Jason Coleman")DVD Clinic ("Jason Coleman")
A couple of life long friends living in Palestine decide to fight political causes by strapping explosives to their bodies and going on a suicide mission. A dark subject matter with many questions – is it the right thing to do, what are the ...read the complete Paradise Now movie review at DVD Clinic ("Jason Coleman")
Paradise Now (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Empire Magazine [UK]Empire Magazine [UK]
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Paradise Now (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Big Picture Big Sound (David Kempler)Big Picture Big Sound (David Kempler)
" Paradise Now " is worth seeing for the simple reason that it provides a peek into something that, try as we might, we just can't fathom here in America. Why would anyone say goodbye to life and blow themselves into small pieces scattered on a street, ...read the complete Paradise Now movie review at Big Picture Big Sound (David Kempler)
Paradise Now (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Laramie Movie Scope (Robert Roten)Laramie Movie Scope (Robert Roten)
The Palestinian argument is that they don't have necessary weapons of war to carry on a regular military campaign and that suicide bombing is their only option. Actually, they do have some military hardware and neighboring countries have launched ...read the complete Paradise Now movie review at Laramie Movie Scope (Robert Roten)
Paradise Now (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for ReelViews (James Berardinelli)ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
In Arabic with subtitles It's a risky proposition for any artist (director, author, etc.) to humanize a terrorist. In an era when many things have been reduced to black-and-white, the word "terrorist" has become synonymous with "evil." And evil can only b ...read the complete Paradise Now movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Paradise Now (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Empire Magazine [UK]Empire Magazine [UK]
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Paradise Now (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for filmcritic.com (Jay Antani)filmcritic.com (Jay Antani)
Writer-director Hany Abu-Assad's social realist tract Paradise Now, which he co-wrote with Bero Beyer, gives us a blueprint of lives and circumstances that entwine and eventuate in a suicide-bombing mission in modern-day Palestine. It's a thoughtful ...read the complete Paradise Now movie review at filmcritic.com (Jay Antani)
Paradise Now (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
What I am waiting for is a movie about a suicide bomber who is an atheist, who expects oblivion after his death and pulls the trigger after having reasoned that the deaths of his victims ...read the complete Paradise Now movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Paradise Now (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
It's not surprising that emotions run high in this movie powder keg about two Palestinian suicide bombers -- Said (Kais Nashef) and Khaled (Ali Suliman) -- on a mission to Tel Aviv. What does amaze is the humane and nonpartisan treatment of the topic by ...read the complete Paradise Now movie review at Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
Paradise Now (2005) scores a combined 2.96 out of 4 stars for James BowmanJames Bowman
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Paradise Now (2005) scores a combined 2.94 out of 4 stars for Comingsoon.netComingsoon.net
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Paradise Now (2005) scores a combined 2.93 out of 4 stars for Haro OnlineHaro Online
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Paradise Now (2005) scores a combined 2.93 out of 4 stars for The Sydney Morning Herald The Sydney Morning Herald
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Paradise Now (2005) scores a combined 2.90 out of 4 stars for kids-in-mindkids-in-mind
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Paradise Now (2005) scores a combined 2.90 out of 4 stars for St. Louis Post-DispatchSt. Louis Post-Dispatch
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Paradise Now (2005) scores a combined 2.89 out of 4 stars for The Phantom TollboothThe Phantom Tollbooth
The last few years have brought a dramatic increase in the number of movies that depict the Palestinian viewpoint of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. For a variety of reasons, primarily economic, most of those have been either documentaries or fiction ...read the complete Paradise Now movie review at The Phantom Tollbooth
Paradise Now (2005) scores a combined 2.85 out of 4 stars for Frank's Reel ReviewsFrank's Reel Reviews
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Paradise Now (2005) scores a combined 2.85 out of 4 stars for Film Journal InternationalFilm Journal International
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Paradise Now (2005) scores a combined 2.83 out of 4 stars for PopMatters (Cynthia Fuchs)PopMatters (Cynthia Fuchs)
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Paradise Now (2005) scores a combined 2.82 out of 4 stars for Sacramento News & Review (Jonathan Kiefer)Sacramento News & Review (Jonathan Kiefer)
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Paradise Now (2005) scores a combined 2.80 out of 4 stars for New York Magazine (Ken Tucker)New York Magazine (Ken Tucker)
The terseness of a thriller, the clarity of a documentary, and a mixture of high drama and low humor. ...read the complete Paradise Now movie review at New York Magazine (Ken Tucker)
Paradise Now (2005) scores a combined 2.80 out of 4 stars for The Onion (A.V. Club) (Tasha Robinson)The Onion (A.V. Club) (Tasha Robinson)
While "War Within" takes a deeper, more personal look at its protagonist, Paradise Now is a more ambitious film that better contextualizes its central characters and their politics. ...read the complete Paradise Now movie review at The Onion (A.V. Club) (Tasha Robinson)
Paradise Now (2005) scores a combined 2.80 out of 4 stars for Washington Post (Desson Thomson)Washington Post (Desson Thomson)
Paradise may not change anyone's ideology, but it should convince some that, but for some deeply divisive views of religious morality, people are pretty much the same on either side of the holy fence. ...read the complete Paradise Now movie review at Washington Post (Desson Thomson)
Paradise Now (2005) scores a combined 2.80 out of 4 stars for Salon.com (Andrew O'Hehir)Salon.com (Andrew O'Hehir)
Paradise Now isn't a comfortable viewing experience, but it isn't meant to be. Inevitably, people's reactions to this subject matter -- and this filmmaker's handling of it -- are all over the map. All I can say is that I found it a tremendously ...read the complete Paradise Now movie review at Salon.com (Andrew O'Hehir)
Paradise Now (2005) scores a combined 2.80 out of 4 stars for The Hollywood Reporter (Kirk Honeycutt)The Hollywood Reporter (Kirk Honeycutt)
While nothing truly new or shocking emerges, the film does bring clarity and compassion to its depiction of an act that baffles, angers and sickens people the world over. ...read the complete Paradise Now movie review at The Hollywood Reporter (Kirk Honeycutt)
Paradise Now (2005) scores a combined 2.80 out of 4 stars for Village Voice (J. Hoberman)Village Voice (J. Hoberman)
Paradise Now suffers from some odd continuity glitches and takes a few too many narrative curves en route to an overly convoluted ending, but the heart of the movie is as tense as the bus ride in Hitchcock's ...read the complete Paradise Now movie review at Village Voice (J. Hoberman)
Paradise Now (2005) scores a combined 2.80 out of 4 stars for All Movie Guide (Josh Ralske)All Movie Guide (Josh Ralske)
A tragedy regardless of its conclusion, Paradise Now is an important and powerful effort to explicate the inexplicable. ...read the complete Paradise Now movie review at All Movie Guide (Josh Ralske)
Paradise Now (2005) scores a combined 2.78 out of 4 stars for The Onion A.V. ClubThe Onion A.V. Club
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Paradise Now (2005) scores a combined 2.77 out of 4 stars for Entertainment Insiders (Warren Curry)Entertainment Insiders (Warren Curry)
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Paradise Now (2005) scores a combined 2.76 out of 4 stars for Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
"A timely film that is disturbing but not necessarily fulfilling, as it never takes a stand and makes clear what is its thinking." ...read the complete Paradise Now movie review at Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
Paradise Now (2005) scores a combined 2.76 out of 4 stars for hoopla.nuhoopla.nu
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Paradise Now (2005) scores a combined 2.72 out of 4 stars for Deseret News, Salt Lake City Deseret News, Salt Lake City
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Paradise Now (2005) scores a combined 2.72 out of 4 stars for Wolf Entertainment Guide (William Wolf)Wolf Entertainment Guide (William Wolf)
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Paradise Now (2005) scores a combined 2.71 out of 4 stars for Movie Magazine International Movie Magazine International
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Paradise Now (2005) scores a combined 2.70 out of 4 stars for Spirituality & Health (Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat)Spirituality & Health (Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat)
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Paradise Now (2005) scores a combined 2.69 out of 4 stars for CineScene.com (Howard Schumann)CineScene.com (Howard Schumann)
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Paradise Now (2005) scores a combined 2.67 out of 4 stars for The Arizona Republic The Arizona Republic
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Paradise Now (2005) scores a combined 2.65 out of 4 stars for Time OutTime Out
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Paradise Now (2005) scores a combined 2.65 out of 4 stars for www.european-films.net (Boyd van Hoeij)www.european-films.net (Boyd van Hoeij)
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Paradise Now (2005) scores a combined 2.63 out of 4 stars for Not Coming to a Theater Near You (Beth Gilligan)Not Coming to a Theater Near You (Beth Gilligan)
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Paradise Now (2005) scores a combined 2.61 out of 4 stars for filmtext.comfilmtext.com
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Paradise Now (2005) scores a combined 2.59 out of 4 stars for Cutting Edge Cutting Edge
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Paradise Now (2005) scores a combined 2.59 out of 4 stars for reVisionreVision
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Paradise Now (2005) scores a combined 2.58 out of 4 stars for Movie-Vault.com (Avril Carruthers)Movie-Vault.com (Avril Carruthers)
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Paradise Now (2005) scores a combined 2.53 out of 4 stars for Reeling Reviews (Robin and Laura Clifford)Reeling Reviews (Robin and Laura Clifford)
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Paradise Now (2005) scores a combined 2.52 out of 4 stars for Film Ireland Film Ireland
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Paradise Now (2005) scores a combined 2.52 out of 4 stars for The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (Liam Lacey)The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (Liam Lacey)
As a thriller, it's only fitfully suspenseful, and despite the ticking bomb premise, meanders a good deal in its plot convolutions. As a portrait of the absurdity and humiliation of life under occupation, the story is heartfelt but predictable. ...read the complete Paradise Now movie review at The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (Liam Lacey)
Paradise Now (2005) scores a combined 2.52 out of 4 stars for Boston Globe (Wesley Morris)Boston Globe (Wesley Morris)
It doesn't take its ideas or its audience far enough. The result is a humanist potboiler. ...read the complete Paradise Now movie review at Boston Globe (Wesley Morris)
Paradise Now (2005) scores a combined 2.51 out of 4 stars for IOFilmIOFilm
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Paradise Now (2005) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Boston GlobeBoston Globe
The tension in ''Paradise Now" arises not from the act of suicide bombing but from the contemplation about whether to commit it. Told from the point of view of potential perpetrators, the movie wants to show how such a fraught task can give spiritual ...read the complete Paradise Now movie review at Boston Globe
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Paradise Now (2005) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars
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