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The Firpo Brothers can get away with anything. They just can't get away!
Residents of a friendly Pennsylvania town foil three brothers' plan to rob a bank on Christmas Eve.
Trapped in Paradise
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Nicolas Cage Jon Lovitz Dana Carvey Mädchen Amick Florence Stanley Donald Moffat Angela Paton John Ashton Richard Jenkins Paul Lazar Vic Manni Richard B. Shull Jack Heller Greg Ellwand Kirk Dunn Andrew Miller Sean McCann Gerard Parkes Vivian Reis Bernard Behrens Bunty Webb Kay Hawtrey Frank Pesce Sean O'Bryan Zoe Erwin Marcia Bennett Carson Manning
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Descente à Paradise, Atrapados en el Paraiso, Tre mand og en bank, Пастка в раю, Schneesturm im Paradies, Bufera in paradiso, Пойманный в раю, A Paradicsom foglyai, Lapeni v ráji, Cautivos en Paradise, Prinși în Paradis, Zagubieni w raju, Encurralados no Paraíso, 독 안에 들어간 쥐, У раю, як у пастці, Арестувани в Парадайс, 天堂有难, Fanget i fælden, לכודים בגן עדן, Atrapados en Paraíso
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USAPG-13
18 Jan 1995
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France
18 Jan 1995
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02 Dec 1994
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Pure, uncut 90's Christmas cocaine. One of my favorite X-mas movies.
So many dim-witted oafs and so much Xmas spirit you will want to piss on ol' St. Nick's face.
"Key!! Key!!!!!!"
It's all so stupid it's kind of perfect. The film makes me want a cigarette and to rob a bank in a small town.
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This movie is VERY GOOD, I don't care what people say. At least for me, 90% of the jokes landed, which is very high for comedy in my experience. There were some gross ableist jokes, but those were mostly centered around the beginning. But the three leads in this, Nic Cage, Jon Lovitz, and Dana Carvey are all so chaotic and strange in this movie, that even during the slower scenes I was never anything less than captivated.
The story is pretty formulaic, but it has genuinely endearing characters and very great set-ups, so that somewhat generic story can be forgiven. Most of the film just worked super well for me, which is saying a lot…
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What a goddamn riot, definitely gonna be adding this to my essential Christmas movie list. Trapped In Paradise is a comical and highly entertaining holiday crime-comedy that has been a total blind spot for me up until now. I'm genuinely surprised that it doesn't have a larger following or isn't considered as more well-renowned with it's manic pace, some classic "crazy Nic Cage" energy, the always comically reliable Jon Lovitz and an absolute god-tier Dana Carvey performance as the kleptomaniac brother Alvin. These three guys, as well as the stacked supporting cast, really excel the already funny script into something great. A lot of laughs and a ton of hijinx brought to us by writer/director George Gallo, who has blessed…
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Cage and his brothers are trapped!
After a heist has been wrapped.
Life in Paradise,
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Cage, Lovitz and Carvey play thieving Marx Bros.-esque siblings — in a film that's, like, early Coen Brothers by way of the Farrelly Brothers.
Mostly, it's a fun, albeit forgotten, comedic Christmas-time classic.
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“Dear Santa & Mrs. Claus,
It’s been five years since I’ve seen my daughter. As I told you before, she refuses to visit me here. I’m getting old, and I can’t stand the thought of another Christmas going by without seeing her. Her name is Sarah, and she’s the only thing in the world that means anything to me. I know I’m asking a lot, but I’m asking you to look her up in that town I mentioned to you – Paradise, Pennsylvania – and beg her to come see me.I know being on parole, you’re not suppose to leave the State, but you two bastards owe me for all the shit I done for you. And if you don’t…
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A goofy heist film wrapped in a cheerful Christmas blanket, George Gallo's "Trapped in Paradise" is worthy of holiday love. Nicolas Cage, Jon Lovitz, and Dana Carvey mug their collective way through this underappreciated treat that combines silliness with authentic warmth. Funny and sweet, with enough dark edges to temper both, Gallo's film is an effective comedy and solid holiday outing.
The plot revolves around the three Firpo brothers, a collection of crooks that may or may not be trying to reform. Finding themselves snowbound in the bucolic burg of Paradise, Pennsylvania after knocking over the local bank, the brothers struggle with their next move.
The story melds a redemption tale with a testament to small-town kindness but never takes…
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This movie made me wanna punch Dana Carvey and that’s not the vibe I’m looking for in my X-mas garbage. A good Christmas movie should make we want to hug Dana Carvey, even if he isn’t in it. I almost forgot Nicholas Cage was in this at all—and he’s the lead! Who would’ve ever thought such a movie could even be made? And fuck any movie that paints a banker as a saint/pillar of their community.
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I fucking LOVE crazy nic cage its like one of my favorite actor personas ever cause like BRO does it so WELL 🤭
but man what a gem this was, three amazing actors doing there wacky things 😭 whats not too love fr and I also wanted to shout out dana carvey cause bro kind of stole the show whenever he was on camera fr homie was funny as shit lmfao
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