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Paradise Now (2005)   Movie Main Page Movie Overview   Movie Details   Showtimes & Tickets   DVD/Video Info   Trailers & Clips   Cast and Credits   Awards & Nominations Reviews and Previews Critics Reviews   User Reviews Photos   Premiere Photos   Movie Stills Community   Message Board Shopping   Buy the DVD/Video Other Resources   Web Sites   Movie Lists An all-time favorite? A movie not to miss? Add to My Movies! Email this page to a friend   Critics Reviews Average Grade:   B+ Source Brief Review Grade* Atlanta Journal-Constitution Steve Murray "An involving and all-too-relevant drama about terrorism." more... B+ Boston Globe Wesley Morris "The pieces in Paradise Now fall into place too easily." more... B- Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert "...humanizes suicide bombers. But in my mind, at least, that creates not sympathy, but pity..." more... B   Chicago Tribune Michael Wilmington "It shows us lives that have become devoted to death, despite all reasonable arguments to the contrary." more... B   E! Online "...builds anxiety effectively..." more... B+ Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum "...exciting filmmaking." more... A- filmcritic.com Jay Antani "...it never transcends its political posturing and finds the humanity as profoundly as it means to." more... B- New York Times Stephen Holden "...sustains a mood of breathless suspense." more... B+ ReelViews James Berardinelli "...a tough film because of what it attempts to do." more... B   Rolling Stone Peter Travers "...puts a human face on the headlines." more... B   San Francisco Chronicle Ruthe Stein "...a compelling, tightly made political thriller..." more... B+ Seattle Post-Intelligencer Sean Axmaker "...thoughtful thriller..." more... A- * Yahoo! Movies converts each critic's published rating into a letter grade. If the critic's review does not include a rating, Yahoo! Movies assigns a grade based on an assessment of the review. (more...)