The performances (and the cinematic world) are so inventive that while the plot doesn’t take the same risks, one can’t help but wonder how Waddington might reinvigorate other science fiction narratives with her fairy tale stylings.

| Mar 26, 2024

Ultimately, it's these themes that Paradise Hills brings to the forefront that makes it worth watching.

| Feb 26, 2022

Waddington explores questions of social expectations, class and individual freedom, as she takes these characters on a darker, scarier journey than the pretty surroundings suggest, a tale with some surprising twists and a satisfying ending,

| Nov 30, 2021

Waddington has delivered a confident, clever and provocative debut feature.

| Nov 30, 2021

Paradise Hills, a stunningly stylish and exquisitely shot fantasy scifi thriller about a young woman who's been betrothed to a man she doesn't love and is determined to escape that relationship.

| Nov 30, 2021

The trippy visuals, provocative ideas, and gifted cast make this twisted fairy tale worth watching.

| Nov 30, 2021

A first feature film by director Alice Waddington, Paradise Falls is an impressive entrance into the world of genre film.

| Nov 30, 2021

Paradise Hills is a visual feast, from the lavish sets and rich cinematography to the over-the-top costumes (Uma's wedding getup is truly unnerving).

| Nov 30, 2021

...under-whelming...

| Original Score: 12/20 | Apr 1, 2021

You owe it to yourself to watch Paradise Hills, a movie that knows exactly what it's doing.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 23, 2021

This is the kind of film where writing, directing, acting, and all other aspects of filmmaking come together to create a truly strong fairytale and visual candy.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Apr 4, 2020

Director Alice Waddington's feature debut, Paradise Hills, is the very definition of style over substance - but that's not necessarily a bad thing.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Feb 20, 2020

An off-kilter, steampunk blend of Disney, The Handmaids Tale and The Stepford Wives, writer/director Alice Waddington's feature debut is entirely as intriguing as that sounds.

| Feb 8, 2020

Every shot is otherworldly in its beauty. I'm not sure how it "reads" as a narrative, but as a visual work of art, a tone poem, and a riff on some familiar but evergreen themes it makes one stand and applaud.

| Original Score: B | Nov 13, 2019

Narrated with unusual elegance, with excellent performances from the entire female cast, and gifted with a perverse and twisted flair, this is one of the most unique debuts of Spanish cinema in years. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 8, 2019

There's no tension as to where things are going to end up, the final images leaving me cold.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Nov 4, 2019

PARADISE HILLS is a lush and occasionally provocative feature, one that creates a strange sense of wonder and weird.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Nov 2, 2019

Give it up for "Paradise Hills" for swinging for the fences when it comes to bat-bleep crazy.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 2, 2019

The visuals are certainly trippy enough, but they start to feel like distractions included to keep you from noticing the shallowness of the screenplay and the fairly uninspired direction.

| Nov 1, 2019

A disappointingly half-baked riff on The Stepford Wives whose brand of feminism feels more 1970s than 2010s.

| Oct 31, 2019