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By Cricket L (18) on 14 Mar 2008

I thought it was really interesting and am glad I came across this on IFC during a late night channel flip…

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By Christopher S (2,154) on 05 Nov 2007

Pretentious liberals move to Fiji to show free movies at the local theatre. Why…

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By Tanya Z (28) on 19 Jul 2007

Very cool documentary about independent film enthusiast John Pierson as he and his family travel to Fiji to show movies at a run-down old cinema…

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By Michael Phillips (2,622) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 03 May 2007

Since Reel Paradise doesn't make the mistake of lionizing Pierson while it keeps up with him and his family, the results stay with you, like…

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By Lou Lumenick (2,103) for New York Post (6,650) on 24 Apr 2007

While type-A Pierson worries about his projectionist showing up and a break-in at his family's home, his wife frets that the mass importation…

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By Ethan Alter (997) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 01 Mar 2007

A fascinating study in cross-cultural communication, as well as a deeply personal examination of family dynamics…

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By Sarah F (1,278) on 03 Dec 2006

Another good documentary produced by Kevin Smith…

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By Jeremy Mathews (77) for Film Threat (5,156) on 21 Jul 2006

An honest look at the experience of a family who lives a yearlong tropical movie adventure on a remote island in Fiji…

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By Todd Mccarthy (1,810) for Variety (12,700) on 07 Apr 2006

Although it will most readily appeal to cinephiles…offers sufficient reality-based incident and ponderable cultural issues to attract curious…

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By Jack Mathews (1,044) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 01 Apr 2006

The result is a gorgeous, third-person version of an extended family-vacation movie that the Piersons, their friends and their former Fijian…

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By Benjamin G (275) on 03 Mar 2006

(Saw at 3rff.) Competently put together, with some drama and some local flavor…

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By David Edelstein (2,124) for Slate (2,081) on 30 Oct 2005

Overlong at nearly two hours but still a sharp and amusing and subtle piece of filmmaking…

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By Scott Renshaw (514) for Salt Lake City Weekly (200) on 24 Oct 2005

Though these scenes may have energy, they're also mostly noise -- distractions from a collection of scenes without a driving force…

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By Stephen Schaefer (147) for Boston Herald (1,433) on 21 Oct 2005

Ultimately, it's the movies shown that make Reel Paradise so buoyant, for it speaks to the universality of a medium we often take for granted…

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By Jeff Vice (1,455) for Deseret News (Salt Lake City) (1) on 20 Oct 2005

Unfortunately, the Piersons can be so unpleasant that watching them misbehave in Taveuni becomes a chore…

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By Robin Clifford (1,670) for Reeling Reviews (4,376) on 20 Oct 2005

I found the 10 days of free films to be the intriguing part of Reel Paradise and the Piersons' life to be something more interesting to them…

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By Sean P. Means (2,056) for Salt Lake Tribune (1,927) on 20 Oct 2005

A funny fly-on-the-wall account of how the Piersons ingratiated themselves to the community, with uneven results…

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By Shawn Levy (1,238) for Oregonian (1,550) on 06 Oct 2005

You are buoyed by the purity of the islanders' responses to some of what Pierson shows them: the Three Stooges, Buster Keaton and, most delightedly,…

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By Timothy Knight (332) for Reel.com (1,232) on 08 Sep 2005

An entertaining, true-life 'fish out of water' story worth catching on the big screen…

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By Walter V. Addiego (363) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 01 Sep 2005

These are among sporadic scenes of interest captured by director James, but if a larger point is being made, it's hard to say what…

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