Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise (2006) (TV)

User Rating:

7.0/10   

Director:

Robert Harmon

Writers (WGA):

J.T. Allen (teleplay) and
Tom Selleck (teleplay) ...

Release Date:

30 April 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery

Plot:

When the body of a fourteen years old teenager is found in the margin of the river in Paradise, Massachusetts...

Plot Keywords:

Police Chief | Murder | Ring | Doctor | Dog

Cast

Tom Selleck	...	Chief Jesse Stone
Viola Davis	...	Molly Crane
Kohl Sudduth	...	Luther 'Suitcase' Simpson
Orla Brady	...	Lilly Summers
Gary Basaraba	...	Norman Shaw
John Diehl	...	Jerry Snyder
Debra Christofferson	...	Mrs. Snyder
Mae Whitman	...	Emily Bishop
Matt Barr	...	Hooker Royce
Edward Edwards	...	Bishop
Brendan Kelly	...	Lovey Norris
Liisa Repo-Martell	...	Carole Genest
Kerri Smith	...	Sister Mary John
Stephen McHattie	...	Captain Healy
Maria Ricossa

Runtime:

USA:120 min (including commercials) | USA:120 min | 87 min (DVD)

Country:

USA | Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Singapore:PG | Netherlands:12 (DVD rating) | Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Company:

Brandman Productions

Trivia:

Is the third book in the Jesse Stone series, actually coming before _Jesse Stone: Stone Cold (2005) (TV)_, but a scene showing Jesse visit the grave of Polly Shannon's character changes the order

Quotes:

Chief Jesse Stone: [Finds a necklace] Think it's her's Jesse?
Luther 'Suitcase' Simpson: It doesn't do us any good to think it's not.

Movie Connections:

Followed by Jesse Stone: Thin Ice (2009) (TV)

another great television movie with Tom Selleck in the role he was born to play

Like the film before this one, "Jesse Stone: Night Passage", "Death in Paradise" is a flawless, highly entertaining television movie that is so powerful and so realistic that it almost looks like something you would have to go see in the theaters. When a low-budget television show becomes that, then you know that you are really looking at a true masterpiece of film-making. I've seen big budget Hollywood mysteries that weren't as good as this. It stars Tom Selleck in another fabulous performance as Chief Jesse Stone, a troubled cop in a small town called Paradise on the eastern seaboard if I'm not mistaken.

What I liked a lot about "Death in Paradise" was how it didn't just focus on one single case by itself. Instead of just Tom Selleck and his team trying to solve the main mystery, the death of a girl, they also tries to handle a second case at the same time, which enhances the power and overall authentistic atmosphere of the movie.

I'll keep my review short and just end it by stating that "Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise" is like "Night Passage" and the sequel after this one, "Sea Change", a fantastic mystery movie and a delightful discovery to find. It's really impressive that a movie this magnificent could have been made on such a small budget, if it was. Most television movies are like that, but I can't be sure. If it was made on a higher budget, I can believe it. It's highly recommended by me.