In this drama from director Alan Parker, on-the-lam Jack McGurn flees to Los Angeles and takes a job as a projectionist at a movie theater owned by a Japanese-American man. Jack falls for the owner's daughter, Lily, but they are forced to elope to Seattle when her father forbids the relationship. The couple marry and have a daughter, but when World War II breaks out, Jack is powerless to stop his new family's forced internment.
Come See the Paradise has generally received positive reviews.
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Come See the Paradise was released in 1990 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 22 reviews, giving Come See the Paradise (1990) an average rating of 67%.
Overall, cinema-goers much prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 85%, compared to film critics, who gave it a considerably lower average score of 50%. Amateur reviewers enjoyed Come See the Paradise a lot more than professional critics.
With a score of 67%, Come See the Paradise is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1990, which stands at 58%.
Other movies from 1990 with similar scores include films like Jacob's Ladder, Cry-Baby and Darkman.
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