Paradise Highway

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Paradise Highway

R

Released Jul 29, 2022

1h 55m

Mystery & Thriller

Crime

Drama

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Academy Award® winners Juliette Binoche and Morgan Freeman lead this riveting thriller set in the trucking industry and its seamy underbelly of human trafficking. To save the life of her brother (Frank Grillo), Sally (Binoche), a truck driver, reluctantly agrees to smuggle illicit cargo: a girl named Leila (Hala Finley). As Sally and Leila begin a danger-fraught journey across state lines, a dogged FBI operative (Freeman) sets out on their trail, determined to do whatever it takes to terminate a human-trafficking operation -- and bring Sally and Leila to safety.

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Critics Consensus

No need to fasten your seatbelts; alleged thriller Paradise Highway leads a talented ensemble through a predictable, seat-numbing ride.

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Kevin Maher

Times (UK)

... It’s no one’s finest hour.

Rated: 2/5

Jun 15, 2023

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Cath Clarke

Guardian

The script does almost nothing to build up to the revelation at the end – and the human trafficking angle feels icky.

Rated: 2/5

Jun 14, 2023

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Luke Y. Thompson

AV Club

...neither brutal enough to play as an exploitation thriller, nor enough of a world-building deep dive into trucking and trafficking to measure up against similar and superior dramas like What Alice Found and Honey Bee.

Jul 31, 2022

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Marya E. Gates

Cool People Have Feelings, Too. (Substack)

It’s all a bit too much and too shallow.

Feb 12, 2024

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Graeme Tuckett

Stuff.co.nz

Binoche, Grillo and – especially – Freeman, all act as though they can't wait for the ordeal to be over. After two hours of Paradise Highway, you will sympathise.

Mar 13, 2023

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Carla Hay

Culture Mix

Juliette Binoche is unfortunately miscast as a gruff truck driver who goes on the run with a child trafficking victim in this tedious and tacky movie that is ineptly made on every single level. Paradise Highway leads to a hellish road of lousy filmmaking.

Sep 11, 2022

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Johnny

Movie had a great story line. Acting was great. The only thing is, I would have liked to see a little more action.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

08/01/22

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Fred N

I don't know how they got big name actors for this mediocre script about a serious subject. So many implausible things, yet the ending was pretty predictable.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

11/12/24

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Thomas S

Slow moving but watchable even though the subject matter is abhorrent.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

07/24/24

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Sheria B

I liked it. Juliette Binoche and Morgan Freeman were great in their roles. I highly recommend for drama/suspense thriller. I especially enjoyed the process of morality by main character Sally through her relationship development with the young girl.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

06/30/24

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Amélie G

Awful. Couldn’t finish the second half of the movie. Nothing sticks; characters, plot, acting… just not good.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

06/12/24

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Matthew E

What a piece of flaming garbage. Nextflix should be embarrassed to even put this out as content. Does anyone even watch this before it goes out to the public? Complete trash.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

06/11/24

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Sally

Morgan Freeman

Gerick

Frank Grillo

Dennis

Cameron Monaghan

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Hala Finley

Leila

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Synopsis

Academy Award® winners Juliette Binoche and Morgan Freeman lead this riveting thriller set in the trucking industry and its seamy underbelly of human trafficking. To save the life of her brother (Frank Grillo), Sally (Binoche), a truck driver, reluctantly agrees to smuggle illicit cargo: a girl named Leila (Hala Finley). As Sally and Leila begin a danger-fraught journey across state lines, a dogged FBI operative (Freeman) sets out on their trail, determined to do whatever it takes to terminate a human-trafficking operation -- and bring Sally and Leila to safety.

Director: Anna Gutto
Producer: Georgia Bayliff, Claudia Bluemhuber, Anna Gutto, Michael Leahy
Screenwriter: Anna Gutto
Distributor: Lionsgate
Production Co: Praesens-Film, ZDF Enterprises, Silver Reel
Rating: R (Some Violence|Language Throughout)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 29, 2022, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 29, 2022
Runtime: 1h 55m

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