Trapped in Paradise

Yet another film based on the relationship of 3 brothers. This time it's a comedy about the ties that bind. It follows Bill Firpo (Coppola Cage) and his two younger brothers, who both happen to be currently in prison. They get out shortly into the film and claim to be cleaned up. His brother Dave (Lovitz) is a con man, while Alvin (Carvey) is a semi retarded kleptomaniac. When they get released from their most recent stretch, they have a plan. Unfortunately for their eldest bro, who has never been in the klink, they wanna get him involved in their latest scheme which is to take place in the small town of Paradise. It is an absolutely no fail bank robbery, and Bill cannot say no. They travel to Paradise for the "smash and grab" heist and from here everything goes wrong...I mean funny. The rest of the middle of the film shows how this small town bands together to preserve Christmas and the spirit that it holds. The brothers stole money from the bank, but essentially stole the dreams of every resident in this small town. When they fail to get out of town [car trouble], a local offers them a hot and a cot. They accept, thinking they can be on their way in the morning. The house this good Samaritan takes them to is actually his parents house, who happen to be the owners of the local bank that was just robbed. They sit there and eat this feast while listening to these poor people trying to figure out how they are going to move forward, but the thing that gets Bill's goat is the fact that these lovely people never bad mouth the bank robbers. They figure these robbers must have had a real need for the money they stole. This not only baffles Bill, but makes him regret his actions. No matter how hard they try to get out of Paradise, nothing works. It all comes to a frightening conclusion when more ex-current-cons end up in Paradise as well. They are there to get the money the brothers stole as they claim the bank heist was their idea. A super sweet movie about how people can generally be super sweet. Many people may see this and chalk it up to Hollywood fiction in the terms that "People are not that way. That nice. That forgiving. That gracious." I say, you must have never been in the small town Southern USA. The South offers loads of people that are just this way with these traits and they are completely real and honest. The 3 brothers wanna do what's right, but it may be too late. Too many parties are involved at this point, and the guns have been drawn.

NBM rates Trapped in Paradise - Awesome