Good movie but grossly overrated

The first must-see film of the year.

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

Robin Williams stars in Harold Ramis' 1986 comedy. The late, Williams (Mrs. Doubtfire) plays Jack, a Chicago fireman who leaves his profession and travels to Jamaican island, St. Nicholas where he helps turn a failing dive "Club Paradise" into a resort. While some of the guests have mishaps and a little fun, Jack tries to save the club from shrewd businessmen who want to buy it. Rick Moranis (Ghostbusters), Eugene Levy (Splash), Brian Doyle-Murray (Caddyshack), Andrea Martin (Black Christmas) and the late, Peter O'Toole (Lawrence of Arabia) co-star. This is a good, wacky 80's comedy and Williams is great in it. I recommend this.

Injured while risking his life to save a German shepherd, Firefighter Jack Moniker retires and moves to a small Caribbean island named St. Nicholas. There, he is befriended by the owner of a run-down resort, Ernest Reed. Greedy developers are scheming to wrest Reed's coveted beach front property from him for non- payment of taxes. Jack comes to Ernest's rescue, and together they renovate and reopen the resort catering to affluent Americans.......Here's another movie that should have killed it at the box office. Williams was just about a huge star, Ramis was a competent film maker, and it was part of that weird sub genre that had comedians trying to save a hotel or shack against property developers, like Summer Rental, or that one where Demi Moore had dreadlocks.But once you watch the movie, its easy to see why this hasn't been shown much since its release, despite the fact that it's entirely watchable, its inconsistent, and it doesn't know what to do with its final act.Williams is as good as ever, he always was a remarkable screen presence, and the support is good too, especially Levy, Moranis, and O'Toole.But then the film has Twiggy, the model, and Jimmy Cliff, the singer. Both cannot really act and bring the film to a stand still.The final third feels rushed and out of place in a comedy, featuring gun toting soldiers trying to get Williams and Cliff, it's almost as if Ramis didn't know how to end this, so he just put a little bit of action, and a speech come the end.But it's not a bad movie by any means, it's just a good story has been handled hastily, and this is the outcome.Worth seeing if your a Williams fan.

For Williams, this wasn't the most impressive of comebacks after a two and a half dry acting spell. I found the movie funnier, when I first saw it back in 87' with a friend, who was a Robin William's fan. I was no way disappointed as I remember vividly now that viewing. I must say it's catalyst was something that rocked as wearied fireman Williams, survives a near miss with death after a building explosion, an impressive stunt acting dog, becoming a bit of a martyr in William's rescue, beforehand. Now living off workers comp, he resides in the beautiful island of St Nicholas, where many months have passed, seen through a montage, played against a golden oldie from reggae legend, Jimmy Cliff, during the opening credits. With a new found love, sexy Twiggy, Williams sets up a new resort called Club Paradise, where soon greedy and corrupt forces are trying to buy it up, where Williams and co won't budge. Really here is a clichéd and unoriginal scenario in these sort of comedies, laughs scarce, far or a few between, yet I still enjoyed it, but truly it's a comedy that sags, that does have some interesting moments, one involving a anaconda choking one of the female guests, that same guest earlier having one hell of a shower as promised by Williams. Yeah it's a real blast. Too we have inexperienced windsurfer, Moranis, who goes astray into what later becomes rough seas. When him and his friend are reunited, running towards each other in slo mo, it's priceless, a poor traumatised, Moranis, in disheveled attire. William's likable character is one of the few components that makes the film watchable, as does Twiggy, providing eye candy, where Peter O Toole is fun too as a contradicting aristocrat, despite that stupid Razzie nomination. Adolph Caesar does still the limelight as the greedy developer, where at times he's bloody hilarious, like when posing for a shot amidst an attack on an attack on the resort. I didn't realize what such a good actor he was. Too, another great moment, concerning Moranis and Levy, is when an excess quantity of mary jane falls into their lap, where the goggle eyed pilot has to dispose of it, as weighing down the plane, en route back to their home town. The lucky, pot smoking locals are very appreciative too.u. Also with Jimmy Cliff singing, we also get to watch him act too, and he ain't half bad. If you weigh up Club Paradise with Williams and Twiggy, etc. pretty scenery as positives, where the negative is the laugh ratio, you could do worse. It just won't be at the top of William's hit parade. For William's fans, though some of whom aren't gonna like this

Before Robin Williams solidly established himself as a star in "Good Morning, Vietnam", he starred in several innocuously silly movies such as "Club Paradise". He plays Jack Moniker, a Chicago firefighter who retires and moves to the Caribbean island of St. Nicholas. There, he joins up with tour guide Ernest Reed (Jimmy Cliff) and the two of them open a wild business, with the help of Gov. Anthony Cloyden Hayes (Peter O'Toole). Once the rich American tourists start arriving, the high finks take off.The movie is mostly an excuse for a bunch of goofy things to happen, especially when the characters played by Eugene Levy and Rick Moranis embarrass themselves. True, Williams did better with some of his later work, but "Club Paradise" is still pretty funny.