Product Details

• Actors: Susan Sarandon, David Steinberg, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Marilyn Sokol, Joe Grifasi
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Full Screen, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
• DVD Release Date: January 25, 2005
• Run Time: 91 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00066VTX0
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #272,138 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Something Short of Paradise" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

In the tradition of Annie Hall comes this charmingly offbeat romantic comedy about love, sex and relationships on the island of Manhattan, starring OscarÂ(r) winner Susan Sarandon* (Stepmom, Thelma & Louise) and David Steinberg (My Giant). When a neurotic movie-theater manager (Steinberg) meets a beautiful aspiring journalist (Sarandon), it's hardly love at first sight. She thinks he's too clingy, he thinks she's too uptight, and they have nothing in common. But soon enough, they fall for each other's quirky charms in a roller-coaster romance that takes them on a hilarious and picturesque journey across New York City, where they confront their differences to try to find some common ground, because finding love in the big city ain't easy! *1995: Actress, Dead Man Walking

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars So Awful It's Instructive, January 1, 2010

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Reckless Reader "Just Read" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Something Short of Paradise (DVD)

This movie is so bad that it's instructive. It is a wonderful lesson in everything that can go wrong with a movie. Young aspiring moviemakers should study it to learn what NOT to do. Every movie starts with a script and this movie has none. It started out as an attempt to be a romantic comedy like the great ones of the 30's and the 40's, but it forgot to provide any back story for the characters, it forgot to make them into any kind of individuals, it forgot to provide anything except stick figures in stock scenes. And it forgot that it's always a good idea to have some kind of plot in a romantic comedy, some kind of reason that people get together, some reason to split, and some reason to get back together. The script missed it all. Not only a script is needed, you also need actors who have at least a little chemistry. David Steinberg and Susan Sarandon have no chemistry whatsoever, just plain none. Steinberg looks like he is trying to swallow a sour milkshake everytime he looks at Sarandon, and Sarandon looks like she is trying to swallow her tongue every time she has to look at Steinberg. And every supporting actor in the whole movie has obviously found that just getting through their lines is enough work without trying to add anything to them. Marilyn Sokol is the only standout in this film -- an obviously gifted comedian who is made up and haired out to look like a freak in this movie, whose best moves are wasted because it's so hard to get past how garrish she looks. Add to this the bad camera work, the glaring bright lighting, the stock scenes, the entire movie is an atrocity. I guess you can find some pleasure in seeing a dial phone again, and an early answering machine, as well as the thrill that used to come from seeing the old Pan American 747 Clippers. But that's about it -- a few props that were badly framed in this wonderful example of just how bad a film can be. I dare you to watch the whole thing. You probably can't.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally on DVD!!!! Great Romantic Comedy!!!, October 17, 2005

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Nobody (Nowheresville) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Something Short of Paradise (DVD)

This is a great heartwarming romantic comedy starring Susan Sarandon and David Steinberg about two single people starting a relationship after being hurt from other relationships.It's a must see that will finally be released on DVD!!!!!!!!!!!

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars This movie stinks, December 26, 2005

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B. Muni - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Something Short of Paradise (DVD)

No substance and the plot sucks.