Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Brutal
- bleak
- volatile
- gritty
- late night viewing
- crime film marathon
What critics said
Critics were divided, with many praising the film's electrifying performances, handheld immediacy, and unsentimental depiction of addicted criminals while others found its crime melodrama uneven.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Mel and Sid recruit Bobbie and Rosie into a volatile partnership that mixes parental control, intimacy, and criminal enterprise.
Eric Edwards's swerving, pivoting handheld camera places the viewer inside the couples' frantic robberies and fugitive movement.
The characters treat their fugitive drug-running lifestyle as chosen and seductive even as poverty, addiction, dissent, and violence expose its ruinous reality.
Two junkie couples undertake drug robberies in pursuit of a big score, with dependency shaping the escalating conflict.
Films like Another Day in Paradise, and why
Bonnie and Clyde
shared crime drama structure, doomed outlaw romance, and bleak fugitive atmosphere
Drugstore Cowboy
shared drug addiction, criminal desperation, handheld realism, and corrosive relationships
Kids
shared young addicts, street-level crime, confrontational realism, and abrasive visual style
The Grifters
shared dysfunctional criminal family, volatile violence, and darkly stylized American underworld
Movie Details
- Director
- Larry Clark
- Release Date
- 1998-12-30
- Runtime
- 101 min
- Rating
- 6.2 / 10 (154)
Cast
- Melanie Griffith
- James Woods
- Vincent Kartheiser
- Natasha Gregson Wagner
- James Otis
- Peter Sarsgaard
- Brent Briscoe
- Paul Hipp
- Kim Flowers
- John Gatins
Where to watch in United States
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Another Day in Paradise about?
- Two addicted couples chase a lucrative robbery scheme through a volatile fugitive life where criminal loyalty steadily collapses into betrayal and bloodshed.
- What is Another Day in Paradise like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Another Day in Paradise as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Another Day in Paradise violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Another Day in Paradise as brutal.
- What did critics think of Another Day in Paradise?
- Critics were divided, with many praising the film's electrifying performances, handheld immediacy, and unsentimental depiction of addicted criminals while others found its crime melodrama uneven.
- Which films are like Another Day in Paradise?
- Films with a similar feel include Bonnie and Clyde, Drugstore Cowboy, Kids, and The Grifters.
- How long is Another Day in Paradise?
- Another Day in Paradise runs 101 minutes.
- Where can I watch Another Day in Paradise?
- In United States, Another Day in Paradise is available to rent or buy from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home.
