I happened to come across "Club Paradise" by sheer random luck, finding it for $2 at the local secondhand DVD store. I never saw this movie before and bought it solely because of Robin Williams in the lead role.
But this movie was a wide swing and miss. And not really in the usual slope of the 1980's comedies. The laughs were few and far apart. This story might have been more funny on paper, because as a movie it wasn't particularly impressive.
What the movie had working for it was its impressive cast list with lots of familiar faces. Just a shame that they had so very little material to work with in terms of script and directorial supervision.
How the movie fared back in 1986 when it came out, I have no idea. But watching it this many years later, I can honestly say that it was not a noteworthy movie experience. And while it is a part of the Robin Williams movie legacy, it is nowhere near his best work.
So if you want to get away for about an hour and a half, "Club Paradise" is not the best of locations.
But this movie was a wide swing and miss. And not really in the usual slope of the 1980's comedies. The laughs were few and far apart. This story might have been more funny on paper, because as a movie it wasn't particularly impressive.
What the movie had working for it was its impressive cast list with lots of familiar faces. Just a shame that they had so very little material to work with in terms of script and directorial supervision.
How the movie fared back in 1986 when it came out, I have no idea. But watching it this many years later, I can honestly say that it was not a noteworthy movie experience. And while it is a part of the Robin Williams movie legacy, it is nowhere near his best work.
So if you want to get away for about an hour and a half, "Club Paradise" is not the best of locations.