Paradise

"It would take a miracle to save their love... and that's just what they got."

1991 1h 51m EN

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6.2

MID

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33%

ROTTEN

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6.6

IMDB

★6.2TMDB · 67🥫33%Rotten Tomatoes★6.6IMDB · 3,202

Drama

Synopsis

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A 10-year-old boy spends a summer in the country with a childless couple and a precocious girl.

“It would take a miracle to save their love... and that's just what they got.”

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Cast

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
Greg Travis
Earl McCoy

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Mary Agnes Donoghue
Writers: Mary Agnes Donoghue
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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1 / 8

MONEY

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Earned back only 55% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.

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2 / 8

ERA

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35 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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3 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Mary Agnes Donoghue, shot by Jerzy Zieliński. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by David Newman. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Éva Gárdos shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson and Elijah Wood carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "It would take a miracle to save their love... and that's just what they got.".

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0102631 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Mary Agnes Donoghue directs. Jerzy Zieliński behind the camera. David Newman scores. Éva Gárdos cuts. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Earned back only 55% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
235 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Directed by Mary Agnes Donoghue, shot by Jerzy Zieliński. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by David Newman. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Éva Gárdos shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson and Elijah Wood carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "It would take a miracle to save their love... and that's just what they got.".
8IMDB entry: tt0102631 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 67 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.