Stranger Than Paradise
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Synopsis
A New Yorker's life is thrown into a tailspin when his younger cousin surprise-visits him, starting a strange, unpredictable adventure.
Cast
- John Lurie
- Eszter Balint
- Richard Edson
- Cecillia Stark
- Danny Rosen
- Rammellzee
- Tom DiCillo
- Richard Boes
- Rockets Redglare
- Harvey Perr
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- Oct 25, 2014
This is definitely my favorite version of Jarmusch, the dude of stationary solitude and existentialist inertia with an air of coolness. I. Simply. Love this Jarmusch. For starters, Jarmusch is a director of artistic and cultural inspirations: books, films and songs of…
Edgar Cochran ✝️🍋Dec 8, 2013Eddie seems to state the film's thesis while stomping across a snow-covered railroad track, baldly noting that everywhere looks the same. It's a depressing note, and it's a depressing film. Maybe there's some hope buried in it somewhere, but mostly, it's ennui and boredom,…
Sally Jane BlackJan 4, 2017Jim Jarmusch's "wherever you go, it's all the same" movie may feel a little cynical about the joys of the world — here, the joys are mostly a stolen pack of cigarettes, an old cartoon on TV, and a win at the racetrack — but it's a terrific moody character study and it feels…
Tasha Robinson - Jan 30, 2024
Sitting in New York, watching the days go by. Sitting in Cleveland, watching the days go by. Not much happening. Maybe we should do something. How about we go to Florida? A poem of boredom, stasis, and banality. A very beautiful movie without a single pretty image, and a…
Will SloanJul 30, 2023I didn't quite get this when I first saw it years ago as a young lad, and today I finally understood why. It's because I hadn't been through my twenties yet. At age 26, I can spectacularly declare that this is the most viciously accurate cinematic portrayal of post-teenage…
Jay 👽Mar 15, 2023ideal friend group
mary - May 6, 2020
No matter where you go, or how many places you leave, you just can’t escape this empty, desolate, late-modernist, greyscale world in which you’re trapped. The loadstar that would ultimately guide the 90’s indie boom, making so much of an impact on American Cinema that a…
Joshua DysartAug 12, 2022The land of the free puts a spell on you: ennui, alienation and cultural dislocation; after all, it’s called the American Dream because you have to be asleep to believe it.
CinemaVoid 🏴☠️Jan 9, 2021Brilliant in that it gets you on board with the movie going nowhere, convinces you that the substantial joy to be had is in the minimalist notes, and then ends in a fit of irony that actually utilizes details you just accept as borderline-extraneous at the beginning to be…
Taylor Williams
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- Kareem likedStranger Than Paradise
I have no idea why I enjoyed this as much as I did. I think it was mostly bc of the whole search, loneliness and the wandering around themes. And Eva too, lol I couldn't stop looking at her the whole movie. Jarmusch's style got me, will def check out more of his work.
11811 lovedStranger Than ParadiseNever will I hear “I Put A Spell on You” the same way again.
Richard Nardo likedStranger Than ParadiseCoffee and Cigarettes has been an all time favorite of mine since college, so I’m surprised it took me this long to watch this. I’m glad I watched it and it’s clear why it’s considered so revolutionary for its time, but didn’t love it quite as much as Coffee & Cigarettes.
- Alex likedStranger Than Paradise
A slow paced comedy, that ends with a great twist. If you’re a fan of wrong place, wrong time films this is a good one. 8.5/10
Hayley G. Jenkins lovedStranger Than ParadiseThis was very bland, mundane and very slow paced, but I liked it
Ilan3321 lovedStranger Than Paradisemy cup of tea but not really for everyone
- Vladislav lovedStranger Than Paradise
I simply love Jarmusch
Javier M likedStranger Than Paradise8/10 good 80s indie
Raphael Perrin lovedStranger Than ParadiseGOOOD FOR HER
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Metacritic
It is like no other film you've seen, and yet you feel right at home in it. It seems to be going nowhere, and knows every step it wants to make. It is a constant, almost kaleidoscopic experience of discovery, and we try to figure out what the film is up to and it just keeps moving steadfastly ahead, fade in, fade out, fade in, fade out, making a mountain out of a molehill.
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
The film has no big scenes, and it takes a while to get the hang of it, but once you do, it's as funny as it is wise. The three lead performers are extremely good, never for a second betraying the film's consistently deadpan style.
Vincent Canby
The New York Times
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