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Following the acclaim for his 1995 Kids debut, Larry Clark directed this drug-crime drama, set in the Midwest of the '70s. Teen junkie Bobbie (Vincent Kartheiser) shares an apartment with his girlfrie... read more read more...nd Rosie (Natasha Gregson Wagner) and pal Danny (Branden Williams). Bobbie is injured during an encounter with a security guard but regains his health under the supervision of his dynamic drug-dealer uncle Mel (James Woods). After a successful robbery of speed from an out-of-town doctor's clinic, Bobby, Rosie, Mel, and Mel's melancholy gal Sid (Melanie Griffith) encounter gunplay in a drug deal gone sour. With Mel and Bobby both wounded, they retreat to the headquarters of a gun merchant known as the Reverend (James Otis). When Rosie loses her baby, she slips into a depression and more drug use. Mel recovers and begins planning another heist, but the group is beginning to unravel. Shown at 1998 film fests (Venice, Toronto). ~ Bhob Stewart, Rovi

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Directed by: Larry Clark

Release Date: December 30, 1997

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DVD Release Date: June 5, 2001

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  • SirPant
    September 23, 2009
    SirPant
    Not bad but not great. I found Vincent Kartheiser & Natasha Gregson Wagner really annoying but James Woods & Melanie Griffith make up for it. Hell of a punch at the end!
  • dreamfaeries
    August 2, 2007
    dreamfaeries
    What a weird-ass film. But it was better than some movies I've seen.
  • deano
    November 28, 2006
    deano
    Really sickening of darker group of a drug addicts and bit explicit sex scenes of young junkie couples that filmmaker Larry Clark made including "Bully". (Really disappointed with DVD didn't work with use English substitles properly because that still has shown at the back cover ... read more- that gotta be kidding!)
  • michaelcorleone
    December 3, 2009
    michaelcorleone
    Larry Clark's second film is more conventional than his controversial debut (Kids), but it's still intensely watchable and well-made. When walking us through the typical crime-drama routine, this film is interesting, but it is the character dynamics and the dark revelatory moment... read mores that stick. Aesthetically it's a sleek picture, infused with Clark's trademark documentary-style photography. The script has minor issues, especially with its ending, but the performances are what stand out and make it so exceedingly powerful. James Woods got all the praise from critics, but it also features top-notch acting from Vincent Kartheiser, Natasha Gregson Wagner and Melanie Griffith. It's a film that consumes its audience throughout the duration of its runtime, and leaves a lasting impression despite its shortcomings. Very well-directed by Larry Clark.
  • cacutshaw
    January 31, 2008
    cacutshaw
    The one Larry Clark movie that it's a stretch to call it kiddie porn. Though it's nothing special at all, a generic story of a bunch of small time criminals with the leaders being mother and father figures to the younger members, it's still very watchable and at moments, shockin... read moreg. I was having a very bad year at TIFF when I saw this one, so I probably give it more praise than it deserves, but at least it wasn't boring.
  • tmannamt
    February 23, 2011
    tmannamt
    Larry Clark's most "mainstream" film that's gritty and filled with memorable dialogue and great acting.
  • MarilynsDisciple
    March 4, 2008
    MarilynsDisciple
    Ok, has anyone seen this? It stars James Woods, Melanie Griffith, Vincent Kartheiser, and Natasha Gregson Wagner. Vinnie and Natasha are runaways who do alot of drugs, and steal to provide for their addiction and their food. When Vinnie nearly dies from a security guard attack, ... read morea fellow runaway calls his uncle (James Woods), who nurses Vinnie, and takes him and his girlfriend on a criminal joyride with Melanie Griffith.
  • RickandorAndy
    January 21, 2008
    RickandorAndy
    I thought I was liking this movie a couple times but then each time I started enjoying it everything was ruined by the messy story and the very ineffective acting by everyone except maybe Woods.

    Melanie Griffith just did nothing for me in this movie. Her whiny voice gave me a he... read moreadache and made me wish her character would disappear from the script. I will say that James Woods is a hell of an actor at saying the "F" word.

    And the soundtrack... well the soundtrack did not help this movie along. I found the songs distracted me from the not so great flow of the film. One song even ruined an almost good scene once.

    So to sum it up, I did not like it completely or dislike it enough to fall asleep since I watched it at 3am in the morning on HBO. I do however wish I went to sleep instead.

    Last Watched: 1/21/2008
  • decals74
    July 16, 2007
    decals74
    disappointing larry clark flick. james woods was terrible. he hasn't pulled off a good gangster role since once upon a time in america.
  • lisaann1213
    May 29, 2007
    lisaann1213
    Vincent Kartheiser's got game!!!! He puts in a meorable & praise worthy preformance alongside the likes of Melanie Griffith & James Woods!!!

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Critic Reviews

Jeff Millar
July 21, 2005
Jeff Millar, Houston Chronicle

A well-executed scene can be followed by another where Clark shows no sense of the tone of which he'd just been in such tight control. Full Review

Rick Groen
June 18, 2003
Rick Groen, Globe and Mail

Ho-hum. Full Review

Jeff Strickler
November 6, 2002
Jeff Strickler, Minneapolis Star Tribune

It's hard for Another Day in Paradise to bring anything new to the well-worn road traveled by thugs on the run. But director Larry Clark and an energetic cast keep things jumping in this morality tale... Full Review

Kevin Thomas
February 14, 2001
Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times

As contradictory as it is energetic, the film takes as many risks as its people do and as a result strikes a highly contemporary nerve. Full Review

Joe Baltake
January 1, 2000
Joe Baltake, Sacramento Bee

Another Day in Paradise is one big pleasurable wallow in grunge noir as only Larry Clark could have concocted it. Full Review

Roger Ebert
January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

There's not much new here, but then there's so rarely something new at the movies that we're sometimes grateful to see the familiar done well. Full Review

Craig Seligman
January 1, 2000
Craig Seligman, Salon.com

Another Day in Paradise doesn't have the necessary expansiveness or the depth of theme to qualify as a great movie or even a near-great movie, but in its trashy, pessimistic way, it's just about perfect. Full Review

Janet Maslin
January 1, 2000
Janet Maslin, New York Times

[Clark's] second, more benign film delivers what his first promised: bad times with a wicked way of looking good. Full Review

James Berardinelli
January 1, 2000
James Berardinelli, ReelViews

It aims to be powerful and gritty, but merely succeeds in being dreary and grungy. Full Review

J. Hoberman
January 1, 2000
J. Hoberman, Village Voice

Slackly directed and badly acted. Full Review

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