Cross-cultural communication and the magic of cinema bringing everyone across world together in one in spite of their differences were key points in the movie. Absolutely great!

It's a movie you won't regret watching

I felt like the characters in this movie could feel the happiness and difficulties that they faced in real life.

New York film programmer John Pierson decides to pull up stakes and relocate his wife Janet, son Wyatt, and daughter Georgia to Fiji for a year. It's there that he purchases the 180 Meridian, ostensibly the most isolated movie theater on Earth. Despite a multitude of problems -- a drunk projectionist, bouts with dengue fever, local priests who disapprove -- the theater proves a success with locals, and documentary filmmaker Steve James chronicles the last month of their experiment.

It gives me a huge motivation to go on a trip

If you enjoy both movies and traveling then I think you will really be engaged by this film.

Following dreams when things simply don't always work out to your advantage.

Overlong but intermittently fascinating documentary about indie film producer John Pierson, who uprooted his family for one year to open and operate a movie theatre in remote Fiji. What sounds and begins as rather cutesy turns out to be a rather tense, layered exploration of culture clash.

A documentry about a family who moves to fiji for a year and run a movie theater to show american free movies. It is actually more of a family drama than it appears. There are many parts that are interesting like the teenage daughter going through a rebelious stage and envious of the locals.

Fabulous little documentary about a man who ventured to Fiji to display free movies to the public over the course of a year and the troubles he encounters doing so. Really gripping and entertaining to say the least.

documentary about a family who moves to Fiji to run a movie theater. He shows them free to the public and runs both mainstream and independent movies. They showed Jackass to them one night and the crowd loved it.

Very fascinating documentary a cultural clash between a neurotic somewhat angry Manhattanite and some Fijians.

I really liked this documentary. Great story, fun characters, pretty dynamic for the most part. A relatively light documentary, something that can be enjoyed by most people.

Even though I didn't see this movie from the beginning (I never do watch movies on cable from the beginning..), I still enjoyed it very much. The story is engaging, and so are the characters, if you can call them that. The movie left me 1) wishing I could know where all these people are today, and 2) hoping one day I'll get to live an experience as great as the one this film documents. I'm sure it was life changing, not only for the visitors of the island, but also for the natives, and I don't think any of them will ever forget each other.

A wonderful snapshot of John Pierson and his family, showing free movies in a remote island in Fiji. The doc covers much more than free cinema; it's a look at humanity in many ways. We see a family transplanted to a whole new culture and way of life; as well as a microscope of sorts on the island itself and its people. It's intriguing to see how these people are affected by the movies and how the culture reacts to the family living there.

Weird movie! He keeped the keys and neer has been back there. Ha let people see FREE movies. Its wierd!

something i wish i could do =)

It is my dream to buy a movie theatre. John Pierson does not only that, but decides to show the movies for free, just for the love of showing movies.....to the residents of a tiny town in Fiji. This is a really interesting and unique look at culture clash and the reality of following a dream. Steve James does it again!

An entertaining and well-made documentary about an American man who opens and runs a free movie theater with his family in Fiji. I do agree that it runs a little too long, but overall REEL PARADISE is a great experience.

A fantastic basis for a movie, but what horrible execution. The movie follows far too many 'story' lines and ends up almost entirely disjointed. The family dynamic is atrocious, with the exception being the son, Wyatt, who seems to have a good head on his shoulders. This film is much less interesting and far worse than I had ever expected.