Paradise Highway

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Paradise Highway

R

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.

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

The Times (UK)

06/15/2023

2/5

... It’s no one’s finest hour.

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Cath Clarke

Guardian

06/14/2023

2/5

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

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Luke Y. Thompson

AV Club

07/31/2022

...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.

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Marya E. Gates

Cool People Have Feelings, Too. (Substack)

02/12/2024

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

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Graeme Tuckett

The Post NZ

03/13/2023

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.

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Carla Hay

Culture Mix

09/11/2022

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.

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Johnny

07/29/2022

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

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F R

@FR2021 Apr 15

Excellent movie, really fine performances from all the leads. Includes Binoche Freeman Finley Grillo!

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Young S.

@YoungStevie Apr 12

Wish I could tell you that the partisan leftwing critics are wrong. In this case they’re not. Its just not very good.

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Fred N

@fneylan 11/12/2024

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.

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Thomas S

@RT38038238 07/24/2024

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

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Sheria B

@RT18544116 06/30/2024

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.

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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, Silver Reel, ZDF Enterprises
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