Genre:
Historical / Drama
Directed
by: Bruce Beresford
Cast:
Glenn Close, Frances McDormand, Pauline Collins
Running
time: 122 minutes
Based on true events, Paradise Road tells the
story of a group of women who are made prisoner in a Japanese internment camp
during World War II. To better survive the daily hardships of their precarious
situation, they decide to create a vocal orchestra and perform music that will
garner them more and more attention.
With a loaded cast and a compelling story to
tell, Paradise Road is a very good movie. As you can imagine, as the story
takes place in an internment camp during a war, some scenes can be hard to
take. The filmmakers did not shy away from the hard realities of it, all the
while not going overboard with it. This is not a film about blood and death,
but one about resilience and survival.
I must admit that having well-known actresses
perform foreign accents can sometimes take you away from the story for a bit.
It was really the case here with Frances McDormand playing an Irish doctor. Once
I got over the initial shock, I could still appreciate her performance, as well
as everyone else’s; not a bad one to mention. Overall, this was a very good
movie.
Rating:
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