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Club Paradise (1986)

Rating: 2 Stars (out of 4)

Tropic Sentence

By Jeffrey M. Anderson

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Actor Harold Ramis had great fortune directing films like Caddyshack and Groundhog Day but he got stuck on Club Paradise (1986). Despite its promise of a sunny, lightweight good time, it's a strangely angry and cynical film about a disgruntled firefighter (Robin Williams) who moves to a tropical island and battles some corporate thugs to keep a local watering hole in business. The disparate cast includes Peter O'Toole, former model Twiggy, Eugene Levy, Rick Moranis and Jimmy Cliff, who sings some great reggae songs. However, The Harder They Come this ain't.

DVD Details: Warner Home Video's 2006 DVD release comes with the theatrical trailer.

Starring: Robin Williams, Peter O'Toole, Twiggy, Jimmy Cliff, Rick Moranis, Eugene Levy, Adolph Caesar, Joanna Cassidy, Andrea Martin, Brian Doyle-Murray, Robin Duke, Mary Gross
Written by: Brian Doyle-Murray, Harold Ramis, based on a story by Tom Leopold, Chris Miller, Ed Roboto, David Standish
Directed by: Harold Ramis
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 96 minutes
Date: February 24, 2006