Synopsis
A group of English, American, Dutch and Australian women creates a vocal orchestra while being imprisoned in a Japanese POW camp on Sumatra during World War II.
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Cast
- Glenn CloseAdrienne Pargiter
- Frances McDormandDr. Verstak
- Pauline CollinsDaisy 'Margaret' Drummond
- Cate BlanchettSusan Macarthy
- Julianna MarguliesTopsy Merritt
- Jennifer EhleRosemary Leighton-Jones
- Wendy HughesMrs. Dickson
- Johanna ter SteegeSister Wilhelminia
- Elizabeth SpriggsMrs. Roberts
- Pamela RabeMrs. Tippler
Recommandations
- 88
ReelViews
The exceptionally strong cast showcases American, British, and Australian actresses, all of whom show an astonishing willingness to appear in physically unflattering circumstances (no makeup, hair and skin caked with drying mud). - 75
San Francisco Examiner
It's a beautiful movie. Too beautiful for its own good, really. - 63
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Given the predictable scenario, this picture needs passion, and all it gets is his workmanlike precision. What he's constructed is worthy enough, and certainly navigable, but you need more than the bricks of craft to build a road to paradise. - 60
The New York Times
In trying to keep track of everybody while providing enough melodrama to sustain an atmosphere of controlled terror, Paradise Road stumbles all over itself and never really finds its center. - 50
Chicago Sun-Times
But what the movie lacks is a story arc to pull us through. - 50
Rolling Stone
What should have been an affecting film becomes a rank blend of sentiment and sadism in the hands of Bruce Beresford, the Australian writer and director. - 50
San Francisco Chronicle
A big problem in the beautifully shot movie, with top-billed Glenn Close heading a fine ensemble cast, is that there are too many characters. - 50
Chicago Reader
But the inspirational aspects of the tale--which mainly has to do with the determination of Close to form a vocal orchestra at the camp, despite the class divisions between the women--never quite carry the dramatic impact they're supposed to.
