Fresh
This is, by some distance, the best movie of the three, and it showcases the impeccable symmetry of [Seidl's] compositions, while retaining his compulsion to wag a finger in your face.
Farran Smith Nehme, New York Post
Paradise: Hope
Beyond darkness... beyond desolation... lies the greatest danger of all.
2013 · 1h 32m · UNRATED
Drama
Directed by
Ulrich Seidl
Overview
Her mother in Kenya, 13-year-old Melanie spends her summer vacation at a strict diet camp set in the Austrian countryside. Between workouts and nutrition classes, pillow fights and first cigarettes, she falls in love with a doctor 40 years her senior.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
91%
Tomatometer
Fresh
If this trilogy capper doesn't leave the contusions the other films have, it remains a necessary salve, particularly if you dare to binge-watch.
Michael Atkinson, Village Voice
Fresh
Instead of being contemptuous and sardonic, the portrait of inchoate adolescent longing in "Paradise: Hope" is poignant.
Stephen Holden, New York Times
Fresh
The most hopeful - and the best - of this solid and unsettling series.
Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times
Fresh
This tale of a creepy pedophilic relationship is the most tender, nuanced, and deeply felt picture Seidl has ever made.
Mike D'Angelo, AV Club
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