Trapped In Paradise
Added 3/12/2010
This movie stars Nick Cage Jon Lovitz, and Dana Carvey. what a better cast to star in this hillarious film all three of them are awesome together. i recommend this movie to everyone
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Funny, Funny Christmas Movie
Added 2/12/2010
This movie is a riot, but I wouldn't recommend for kids under 13. There is some very vulgar language. But it is a must see for adults! :)
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Funny Movie
Added 12/30/2009
We added this movie to our Christmas movie collection. My teenaged kids enjoyed the movie.
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Mediocre holiday crime-comedy is less than the sum of its parts
Added 12/24/2009
Nicolas Cage has made some of the best movies I've ever seen - "Raising Arizona" in particular is near and dear to my heart, but "Lord of War" and "Leaving Las Vegas" also belong in the pantheon of Movies Worth Seeing.
I can only imagine that his younger self was dreaming of movies like those while he was schlepping away on "Trapped in Paradise." Working along side "SNL" alums Dana Carvey and Jon Lovitz, who never turned their TV promise into Hollywood magic (excepting Carvey's Garth, of course, but that was a mere extension of his SNL character), Cage gets to go through the motions in this formulaic caper-comedy.
Cage plays the straightest of three crooked brothers. Lovitz is - shockingly - a lying boor and Carvey is a kleptomaniac whose most annoying feature isn't his need to steal, it's his grating voice. I don't use their characters' names because they are completely irrelevant and never emerge as characters in their own right. Through a cock-and-bull story Lovitz convinces Cage to go along on the world's easiest bank robbery. But this is a Christmas movie - and one without the savage glee of "The Ref" - so after knocking over the only bank in a small town full of Small Town Goodness, Cage and his brothers get religion and try to give the money back.
Supposedly-comic hi-jinx ensue, but to little end, no purpose, and fewer laughs. A "dramatic" high-speed chase involving inept policemen, FBI agents, and a horse-drawn sleigh is so obviously-staged you can almost see the stage hands blowing snow in the actors' faces during closeups while the stunt guys are plainly visible during the action shots.
A laughingly half-hearted romance clogs up what remains of this surprisingly profane movie, which except for some gratuitous swearing belongs squarely in the safe PG bin.
If you're looking for a good holiday film and you've worn out your copy of "A Christmas Story," stay away from this one. Watching the holiday special for "Iron Chef America: Battle Egg Nog" is time better spent.
The movie is saved from one star only by my hunch that the sunglasses Cage dons during the robbery are the same shades he wore in "Valley Girl." Not exactly a high point for cinema, but a high water mark for this movie.
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Just the facts...
Added 1/26/2009
Don't watch this movie unless you love Christmas and love seeing people with the true Spirit of "selfless giving" in action. Because not only is it a fun and funny movie with loads of talent, it has the best Christmas scenes too! Seeing the people give their gifts to these 3 brothers just because they are in need of dry clothes after they end up crashing into the river, is so awesome! It's all part of the movie, that the people they stole from are the nicest people in the world, and truly celebrate Christmas in their hearts. It makes these 3 end up doing the right thing. But before they do, you'll be laughing more than once. At first you think no one could be that stupid, but thats why 2 of them were in Prison, but it works, the talent just makes it work, but mostly its just great fun. This movie is so re watchable, every year I enjoy it as one of the first Christmas movies I watch, just as the season nears. It isnt "only" about Christmas, but Christmas is played into it, so in a roundabout way, it's more of a Christmas movie than most proclaimed Christmas movies! They even get to evade the cops at one part by making off in a horse drawn sleigh, its just one more Chrismassy effect and thats part of how it stays so seasonal. If you dont like this movie, you were probably already miserable and nothing would have made you happy anyway! which is probably why some people give it only one or two stars. Nicolas Cage plays the straight guy, which works fine, and I'm sure there really are two characters out there somewhere in the world just like his 2 brothers, played by Lovitz and Carry. In that sense its believable. This would have easily been a 4 star movie, but some scenes are just too excellent, so you just have to throw that fifth star in there. Whether you buy it, rent it, or get it loaned for free, you'll enjoy it if you watch it! This is a movie that if my DVD got smashed somehow, I'd definitely buy another one. Dont be afraid to go for it. My only regret is they don't make more movies like this one!! and thats a fact. matter of fact, its certainly a one of a kind flick.
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Trapped In Paradise
Added 3/12/2010
This movie stars Nick Cage Jon Lovitz, and Dana Carvey. what a better cast to star in this hillarious film all three of them are awesome together. i recommend this movie to everyone
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Funny, Funny Christmas Movie
Added 2/12/2010
This movie is a riot, but I wouldn't recommend for kids under 13. There is some very vulgar language. But it is a must see for adults! :)
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Funny Movie
Added 12/30/2009
We added this movie to our Christmas movie collection. My teenaged kids enjoyed the movie.
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