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15 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 57Film.comFilm.comA directorial debut composed of many of the filmmaker’s trademarks (strong women, pop cultural-heavy dialogue, a difficult subject matter made light by way of wit) that still manages to disappoint when it comes to the final product.
- 50Slant MagazineAndrew SchenkerSlant MagazineAndrew SchenkerThe film smartly avoids the sort of cynical hijinks that characterize the majority of Vegas-set flicks, though it can't come up with anything more compelling to place in its stead.
- 50Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlVillage VoiceAlan ScherstuhlThere's something to be said for fiction that, in its form, dares to resemble life as it's lived. Our minor failings and chemical imbalances certainly shape our stories. This troubled yet promising debut gets that much right.
- 50The DissolveMike D'AngeloThe DissolveMike D'AngeloOf all the possible ways Diablo Cody’s directorial debut might fail, perhaps the least likely was that it would be innocuous enough to potentially bore the audience into a stupor.
- 42Tampa Bay TimesSteve PersallTampa Bay TimesSteve PersallThe concept is rich with potential to offend yet after a promising opener Cody doesn't seem interested.
- 40VarietyPeter DebrugeVarietyPeter DebrugeCody shows promise as a director, paving over the bumpy patches with clever song choices, but needs to mix things up if she hopes to continue.
- 25The PlaylistRodrigo PerezThe PlaylistRodrigo PerezParadise is neither a good film nor is there any evidence it was a good script.
- 25The A.V. ClubA.A. DowdThe A.V. ClubA.A. DowdDestined to please only "Rock Of Ages" fans who wished Hough and Brand had more screen time together, Paradise boasts the broadest, most saccharine tendencies of its writer and first-time director. In Cody terms, it’s a doodle that can’t be undid.
- 20Time OutJoshua RothkopfTime OutJoshua RothkopfIf mean-spirited snarksters had set out to trash the reputation of "Juno" screenwriter Diablo Cody, they couldn’t have done a more vicious job than the Oscar winner herself does with her directorial debut.
- 20New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierNew York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierUltimately, Paradise is a tiny version of a saint’s journey among sinners, an immature conception. Peramb-you-later, Lamb.