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Searching for Paradise

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After her father dies, a young woman (Susan May Pratt) travels to New York and obsessively spies on her favorite actor (Chris Noth).

Critics Reviews

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Marjorie Baumgarten Austin Chronicle 10/20/2021
Relative newcomer Pratt delivers a confident performance in this film bolstered by an array of good work. Go to Full Review
Janice Page Boston Globe 10/20/2021
What Paci delivers is no less than soul-baring independent filmmaking, most deserving of the warm reception it's bound to get from the hometown crowd. Go to Full Review
Robert Koehler Variety 04/09/2009
Personally conceived and resistant to simplified formulas, Myra Paci's debut feature, Searching for Paradise could have been vastly better than it actually is. Go to Full Review
Brooke Holgerson Boston Phoenix 10/20/2021
Noth has great fun playing the self-involved, pretentious star, and Pratt is touching as a young woman confused and consumed by grief. Go to Full Review
Greg Muskewitz eFilmCritic.com 12/31/2003
B-
Paci is able to relate the disillusionment, the distant obsession, the familial conflict, and a larger issue of infidelity, as viewed through the awkward eyes of a newfound adult. Go to Full Review
Merle Bertrand Film Threat 07/16/2003
2/5
More boring than implausible. Go to Full Review
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Audience Reviews

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12/07/2008 How I loathe these artsy independent films, filled with pretentious garbage and overly subtle performances. It's watchable, but not in the least bit memorable. See more 06/13/2008 Personally conceived and resistant to simplified formulas, Myra Paci's debut feature, "Searching for Paradise" could have been vastly better than it actually is. See more 09/20/2007 Story of a young girl's infatuation with an actor crossed with grief for her just-deceased father, documented on a handheld camcorder with which she practices for a future in film. screwy at times but a good watch. Italian highlights. Neat ending. See more 06/24/2007 this film is, in a completely critically overused term, "flawed", but it has its moments. Still, overall, this movie left me with no conclusion (which is effective and heartwrenching, when done well) and completely unexplainable at times. so... as much as i enjoyed the fact that i stumbled upon a Sundance indie in my meanderings through the 'oldies', this one just wasn't worth the second glance. See more 12/09/2006 *sigh* I dunno. I got a little tired of seeing Susan May Pratt's face in this movie. It just dragged for me. See more 05/02/2004 It was a pretty good movie. Although I must admit, my only reason for renting it was because Chris Noth was in it. I probably never would have bothered if it wasn't for him. But it was an interesting movie. I wouldn't put it in my list of all time favorite films, but it also wasn't a waste of time to watch it. Chris Noth in this film would get a full 10/10 but the main character, the girl... she annoyed me a bit. She seemed to over-act in some parts. So that's why the movie is knocked down to a 7/10 rating. ;) See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis After her father dies, a young woman (Susan May Pratt) travels to New York and obsessively spies on her favorite actor (Chris Noth).
Director
Myra Paci
Producer
Myra Paci, Janet Grillo, Ruth Charny
Screenwriter
Myra Paci
Distributor
Sundance Channel Home Entertainment
Production Co
Centre Street Productions
Rating
R
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 24, 2002, Wide
Release Date (DVD)
Mar 22, 2005
Runtime
1h 25m
Sound Mix
Surround