Paradise

Paradise (1991) starring Melanie Griffith, Don Johnson, Elijah Wood, Thora Birch. While young Willard (Wood) is visiting Lily and Ben (Griffith and Johnson), he meets a neighbor girl named Billie (Birch). Willard's parents are going through a breakup, and he struggles to understand why Lily and Ben aren't getting along. This movie is a pretty good entertainment, but it's not exactly great art. It's fun to see the very young Wood and Birch in what must have been nearly the first movie for both. Oddly enough, the chemistry between Griffith and Johnson, a real-life couple, was not convincing to me -- maybe because Johnson is such a weak actor. The disc comes with good subtitles, as well as closed captions. Grade: B