
The group of women from different countries and social levels are prisoners in a Japanese POW camp, where one of them, Adrienne, who is a graduate of the Royal Academy of Music, organizes a vocal band in spite of their guards resistance.... (Full plot summary below)
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The group of women from different countries and social levels are prisoners in a Japanese POW camp, where one of them, Adrienne, who is a graduate of the Royal Academy of Music, organizes a vocal band in spite of their guards resistance.
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| ReelViewsJames BerardinelliThe exceptionally strong cast showcases American, British, and Australian actresses, all of whom show an astonishing willingness to appear in physically unflattering circumstances (no makeup, hair and skin caked with drying mud). |
| San Francisco ExaminerEdvins BeitiksIt's a beautiful movie. Too beautiful for its own good, really. |
| VarietyEmanuel LevyThough carefully rendered from a historical perspective, this powerful account of female friendship and bonding under the most cruel conditions lacks the narrative focus and dramatic shapeliness to generate emotional excitement. |
| The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick GroenGiven the predictable scenario, this picture needs passion, and all it gets is his workmanlike precision. What he's constructed is worthy enough, and certainly navigable, but you need more than the bricks of craft to build a road to paradise. |
| The New York TimesStephen HoldenIn trying to keep track of everybody while providing enough melodrama to sustain an atmosphere of controlled terror, Paradise Road stumbles all over itself and never really finds its center. |
| Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumBeresford, who'd like to teach the world to sing, makes the moment as moving as a Coca-Cola jingle. It's not the real thing, but it's effective. |
| Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranA warmhearted horror show that puts cliched movie people into a realistic situation, the signals it sends out are nothing but mixed. |
| San Francisco ChroniclePeter StackA big problem in the beautifully shot movie, with top-billed Glenn Close heading a fine ensemble cast, is that there are too many characters. |
| Rolling StonePeter TraversWhat should have been an affecting film becomes a rank blend of sentiment and sadism in the hands of Bruce Beresford, the Australian writer and director. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertBut what the movie lacks is a story arc to pull us through. |