Paradise Now

2005 "From the most unexpected place, come a new call for peace"
7.4| 1h30m| PG-13| en| More Info
Released: 28 October 2005 Released
Producted By: Lama Films
Country: Palestinian Territory
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
Official Website: http://wip.warnerbros.com/paradisenow/
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Two childhood friends are recruited for a suicide bombing in Tel Aviv.

Genre

Drama, Thriller, Crime

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Director

Hany Abu-Assad

Production Companies

Lama Films

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Paradise Now Audience Reviews

Tedfoldol everything you have heard about this movie is true.
Lightdeossk Captivating movie !
BelSports This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.
Bluebell Alcock Ok... Let's be honest. It cannot be the best movie but is quite enjoyable. The movie has the potential to develop a great plot for future movies
magonzalez-15762 Paradise Now was an eye-opening movie. It was really interesting to see the life of a suicide bomber. It definitely was different from what I've perceived most suicide bombers to be like. Though, the conflict in the Palestine territories is different then most of the terrorist suicide bombing that occurs with radical groups such as ISIS. I thought the direction of the movie was well placed and the actors made brilliant choices. I honestly did not expect Said to be the one who kills himself. He seemed to have more to live for than his friend, with a potential girlfriend, a job, and a loving family. It was also interesting seeing all of the military checkpoints and learning about how all of the territories are split up. It seems very ineffective in the grand scheme of things, but it was made that way for a reason. I thought the movie did a good job on allowing the viewers to look into the lives of the bomber, while allowing him to remain humane.
lilopez Paradise now is about two friends who are preparing for a suicide bombing. However, there is never an explosion, and that makes the ending indecisive. At the end of the movie said is siting on a bus full of soldiers and the camera zoomed into his eyes. Then the screen turns white. I thought that was very dramatic, and though the explosion is not shown, I think it still happened. Said seemed to be set on going through with his suicide weather he killed people or not, but I believe that he thought he would avenge his father in the process. Overall I liked the movie but it had a very slow beginning, so it was hard to get into it at first. I also noticed that there was not any background music. I feel that if there was music it would have held my interest better in the beginning, but I am not to sure if it would have made much of a difference.
Pablo This movie follows the story about two Palestinian civilians who work together at a car mechanic. One is named Said and the other is named Khaled. After Khaled gets fired from his job, he and Said decide to perform a suicide bombing in Tel-Aviv. After their first attempt fails, they reconsider in the way to their second attempt. Khaled is talked out of it by a girl named Suha, who was the daughter of a martyr. As they are about it board the bus on the way to a site, Khaled attempts to talk Said out if it as well. Said manages to get the taxi to come back, but once Khaled gets in, he closes the door and tells him to drive off, leaving Said to do the bombing alone. This movie really opened my eyes to what else is going on in the aya knew there was some sort of struggle going on in that area but I never knew exactly what it was. This movie obviously made me see that and got me to do more research on the Israeli-Palestinian history. In general, for me, it's really cool to see how the world is all over. Also, considering that in this conflict, the US is siding with the Israelis, but this movie took it to the viewpoint of the Palestinians and did a pretty good job of showing how they feel and their reasons behind what's going on.
Pro Jury This contains spoilers.PARADISE NOW has some weak points in the plot.The large cut gateway in the fence, and the fence area, were quickly left abandoned and unrepaired by the Israeli guards, so the lead character could keep passing through it as he wished. This is not realistic.The girl was an outsider. English born, French raised daughter of escaped refugees. She would not have much standing to influence. This was not realistic.Peeking at his mother, but not checking in, was an artificial story convention. This was not realistic.When his best friend learned from the former boss that the lead character had returned and was hob-nobbing with the girl, he naturally would have reported to the freedom leaders the status update -- that he was not captured and that he made it back on his own safely. This was not realistic.A better movie about human bombs is THE TERRORIST (1995). Much more thought provoking.A better movie about the Palestinian occupation is a large collection of documentary shorts made and edited by Palestinain teenagers called VOICES BEYOND WALLS being shown in 2010 on university campuses and on direct media.