Paradise: Hope

2013 | Drama, Foreign Language

Synopsis

The final installment in Ulrich Seidl's Paradise trilogy, 'Paradise: Hope' tells the story of overweight thirteen-year-old Melanie and her first love. While her mother travels to Kenya ('Paradise: Love') and her aunt does missionary work ('Paradise: Faith'), Melanie spends her summer vacation at a strict diet camp for overweight adolescents. Between physical education and nutrition counseling, pillow fights and her first cigarette, Melanie falls in love with the camp director, a doctor forty years her senior. As the doctor struggles with the guilty nature of his desire, Melanie had imagined her paradise differently.

Scores

Overall Score
50.0
Popularity Percentile (Year)
40.5%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
48.5%
Review Aggregate
74.1

Critic Consensus

87.9% Fresh • 33 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely positive, with 88% of 33 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize funny, coming of age, lighthearted. Most critics frame the film as an effective delivery of its core style and intent.

funnycoming of agelighthearteddarksuspensefulthought-provokingemotionalupliftingtragicstylized

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Melanie Lenz2013$16,000$22,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score88.0
RT critic review count33
Rotten Tomatoes audience score64.0
RT audience rating count500
IMDb rating6.6
IMDb votes5,321

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2013$6,701$9,022
International2013$450,431$606,439
Worldwide2013$457,132$615,461

Earnings / Profitability

Estimated net revenues and net expenses for films based on reported and estimated numbers. This income statement should be considered most viable for the first 24 months after the inital movie's release (ie after most lucrative pay windows).
CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Revenues
Theatrical Net Revenue2013$183,523$247,086
Digital Rentals ?2013$321,000$432,179
Digital Purchases ?2013$192,000$258,500
Physical Rentals ?2013$414,000$557,390
Physical Purchases ?2013$1,074,000$1,445,982
TV & Streaming Revenue2013$149,700$201,549
Total Revenues2013$2,334,223$3,142,686
Expenses
Budget ?2013$499,000 (est)$671,830 (est)
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2013$366,000 (est)$492,765 (est)
Participations2013$93,000$125,211
Residuals ?2013$126,000$169,640
Interest & Overhead2013$99,800$134,366
Total Expenses2013$1,183,800$1,593,811
Movie Net Profit or Loss2013$1,150,423$1,548,874

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