Synopsis
Residents of a friendly Pennsylvania town foil three brothers' plan to rob a bank on Christmas Eve.
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Cast
- Nicolas CageBill Firpo
- Jon LovitzDave Firpo
- Dana CarveyAlvin Firpo
- Mädchen AmickSarah Collins
- Florence StanleyEdna 'Ma' Firpo
- Donald MoffatClifford Anderson
- Angela PatonHattie Anderson
- John AshtonEd Dawson
- Richard JenkinsAgent Shaddus Peyser
- Paul LazarTimmy
Recommendations
- 50
Washington Post
Trapped in Paradise, a heist caper starring Nicolas Cage, Jon Lovitz and Dana Carvey, gets lost in a snow flurry of subplots and formulaic run-and-chase -- right around the time you've settled in for a good comedy. - 50
Variety
An agreeable Middle American comedy intent upon reviving oldfashioned virtues, George Gallo's second feature doesn't serve up the big yocks needed to make it a breakout sleeper. - 50
Time Out
It's an odd plot-potty, frenetic movie, shot at some snow-blown Canadian location with irrelevant panache. Cage looks cold most of the time, and has retractable stubble. The rest of the cast look like they're waiting for summer. - 50
Baltimore Sun
A modest comedy that does indeed stir a few chuckles out of its knuckleheaded trio of bad boys, it grows almost shockingly disturbing when it portrays armed robbery as amusing and the implicit death threat of the firearm as a joke. In this respect, it's the ugliest movie of the year. Or, no: It's merely the stupidest. [02 Dec 1994] - 40
The New York Times
Since Trapped in Paradise assembles three actors as amusing as Nicolas Cage, Dana Carvey and Jon Lovitz, it's a minor holiday miracle that this homey comedy barely elicits even a chuckle. - 40
TV Guide Magazine
Though the premise has at least the potential to be funny, TRAPPED IN PARADISE is an indigestible blend of smart-ass TV sketch comedy and syrupy sentimentality. - 40
Washington Post
Trapped in Paradise is a new comedy starring Dana Carvey, Nicolas Cage and Jon Lovitz, but considering that there isn't a single laugh in the whole picture, the term "comedy" must be used loosely. - 25
Chicago Reader
If Frank Capra had directed the Three Stooges in a Disney Christmas release, the results would have been considerably better than this godawful Fox comedy (1994) by writer-producer-director George Gallo.
