Paradise Lagoon

Audience Reviews

View More

Steve D 09/01/2023 Absolutely nothing about it worked for me. See more Paul G 04/07/2023 Still funny and very original even after all these years. I chuckled through the film and thoroughly recommend it. See more s r @ScottR 07/14/2018 A witty comedy that puts English conventions under the microscope with a family stranded on a desert island. Sally Ann Howes was beautiful and Kenneth More was sharp. See more 03/27/2014 (52%) A sweet and stagy British comedy that goes with a Sunday afternoon like a joint of roast beef. Ken More is more than capable in the lead, and even if it's far from a classic it's still charming and mildly amusing enough for a one time only watch. See more 10/17/2013 Nice family movie. The clash of the classes with a British accent! See more 12/30/2012 Directed by Lewis Gilbert (Alfie (1966) You Only Live Twice (1967) and Educating Rita (1983)), this is an amusing, comedic adventure based on J. M. Barrie's 1902 stage play (there was more to him than Peter Pan). It's a great little British film with a lovely location too, and a good little ensemble at it's centre. It's tight, focused and to the point, and it makes a nice alternative to something like Swiss Family Robinson. William Crichton (Kenneth More) is the trusted and loyal Butler to the Earl of Loam (Cecil Parker) and his family. After a potentially damaging scandal involving a suffragette meeting, Loam decides to take his family on holiday on his luxury yacht to get away from it all, taking along Crichton, his daughters Mary (Sally Ann Howes), Catherine (Mercy Haystead) and Agatha (Miranda Connell), clergyman John Treherne (Jack Watling), Lord Woolley (Gerald Harper) and servant Eliza Tweeney (Diane Cilento). But the yacht goes off course and is shipwrecked, leaving them stranded, but Crichton is on hand to help out and provide the clueless family with food and supplies. The Loam family are so used to having things done for them, but here, the tables turn, and they have to learn to survive. Gilbert gets the best from his cast, More plays Crichton with a beat deadpan approach, and it's very funny. To see how they survive on the island for so long is great fun to watch, (filmed in Bermuda). It's a shame you don't get family entertainment like this now, this is a nostalgic look at how entertaining films should be done. See more Read all reviews

Paradise Lagoon

My Rating

Read More Read Less POST RATING WRITE A REVIEW EDIT REVIEW