June, 2003. During the final month of their year-long stay in Fiji, indie-film gurus John and Janet Pierson and their two children host a documentary film crew. John's been showing free movies at the 288-seat 180 Meridian Cinema, in remote Natokalan Village on the island of Taveuni. Reality intrudes in paradise: their home is burgled, the local Catholic priest criticizes John's project, their daughter's behavior may be threatening the reputation of her friend, and John's pric... (Full plot summary below)
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June, 2003. During the final month of their year-long stay in Fiji, indie-film gurus John and Janet Pierson and their two children host a documentary film crew. John's been showing free movies at the 288-seat 180 Meridian Cinema, in remote Natokalan Village on the island of Taveuni. Reality intrudes in paradise: their home is burgled, the local Catholic priest criticizes John's project, their daughter's behavior may be threatening the reputation of her friend, and John's prickly personality follows him. Against this backdrop, the Fijians laugh at the Three Stooges, Buster Keaton, and "Jackass: The Movie." John finishes the year with ten movies in ten days: do movies matter?
Leave your thoughts about Reel Paradise.
| Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsSince 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 memories of an unexpected and surprising vacation. |
| Salt Lake TribuneSean P. MeansA funny fly-on-the-wall account of how the Piersons ingratiated themselves to the community, with uneven results. |
| About.comJurgen FauthI wouldn't complain if this kind of reality entertainment stayed on TV-for free. |
| Reeling ReviewsRobin CliffordI 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 than to me. |
| Reel.comTimothy KnightAn entertaining, true-life 'fish out of water' story worth catching on the big screen. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThe Piersons went, they showed movies, they returned. Taveuni is more or less the same. But by living and coping together for a year, the family is probably stronger and richer. |
| Boston HeraldStephen SchaeferUltimately, 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. |
| Film Journal InternationalEthan AlterA fascinating study in cross-cultural communication, as well as a deeply personal examination of family dynamics. |
| The New York TimesStephen HoldenReel Paradise is a deliberately untidy, open-ended, thoroughly absorbing chronicle that lets the lives of its characters spill across the screen without editorializing. |
| Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovTrue, the melodrama on display here can't compare to the likes of Larry, Moe, Curly, and the cannibals, but then this goofily charming quartet of Western outsiders is far more real than reel. |
