Trapped in Paradise (feat. Nicolas Cage)

I find it hard to judge a 90s comedy, without comparing it only to the other 90s comedies on my list. With Trapped in Paradise, there were a lot of good ideas, but none of them really succeeded. It's a crime, family, christmas comedy with a love story.

Cage played Bill Firpo, a miserable, but good guy who's a waits tables at a fancy joint in New York. His brothers are not such good guys. Dave, played by Jon Lovitz, is the schemer. Dana Carvey plays Alvin, the cleptomaniac. I'd consider these two guys more of comedians than actors. Dana Carvey does a good Garth, but paired with Cage's habitually over-the-top schtick, there's no hope for immersion in this charming little movie.

I'll try not to spoil too much here. Dave tricks Bill into assisting the two criminal brothers on a bank robbery in a little town called Paradise Pennsylvania. All their prison buds were saving this job for one of the big guys back in the clink, but Dave and Alvin planned on pinning it on their brother. But the kindness of the residence of Paradise makes a big difference to these bad apples. And as it turns out, even the good brother had room for improvement.

Trapped in Paradise is okay for a 90s comedy. For a Christmas movie, it's good. I'll be watching it every year, for sure. That being the case, I probably won't be putting it on except to honor the holiday season.

  1. Raising Arizona
  2. Leaving Las Vegas
  3. Red Rock West
  4. Adaptation
  5. Pig
  6. Birdy
  7. Wild at Heart
  8. Joe
  9. National Treasure
  10. Guarding Tess
  11. Snake Eyes
  12. Dog Eat Dog
  13. Color Out of Space
  14. Mom and Dad
  15. World Trade Center
  16. Peggy Sue Got Married
  17. Zandalee
  18. Prisoners of the Ghostland
  19. City of Angels
  20. Willy's Wonderland
  21. Captain Corelli's Mandolin
  22. Bangkok Dangerous
  23. Drive Angry
  24. Army of One
  25. Lord of War
  26. Gone in 60 Seconds
  27. Matchstick Men
  28. Vampire's Kiss
  29. Con Air
  30. Face/Off

  31. Trapped in Paradise

  32. The Boy in Blue
  33. Honeymoon in Vegas
  34. Amos and Andrew
  35. Moonstruck
  36. The Sorcerer's Apprentice
  37. Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
  38. Bringing Out the Dead
  39. The Family Man
  40. Knowing
  41. The Frozen Ground
  42. It Could Happen to You
  43. 8mm
  44. Grand Isle
  45. Looking Glass
  46. Arsenal
  47. Between Worlds
  48. Left Behind
  49. Ghost Rider
  50. Trespass
  51. The Humanity Bureau
  52. Next
  53. The Weather Man
  54. 211
  55. The Croods

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