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Welcome to Paradise (2007) -- Reverand Debbie Laramie (Crystal Bernard) and her son, Hayden (Bobby Edner), are forced to move to Paradise, Texas due to the unorthodox methods Debbie uses in her sermons.

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Writers:
William Shockley (writer) and
Brent Huff (writer)
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Release Date:
October 2007 (USA) more
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Tagline:
The road to Paradise begins with a journey of the heart.
Plot:
Reverand Debbie Laramie (Crystal Bernard) and her son, Hayden (Bobby Edner), are forced to move to Paradise, Texas due to the unorthodox methods Debbie uses in her sermons. full summary | full synopsis
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Cast

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Crystal Bernard ... Debbie Laramie

Bobby Edner ... Hayden Laramie

Brian Dennehy ... Bobby Brown

William Shockley ... Kent Dylan

Beth Grant ... Frances Loren
Ken Jenkins ... Reverend McNamara

Nick Searcy ... Reverend Ellington
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Lou Beatty Jr. ... Trevor Goodman
Cynthia Boris ... Church Goer
Brianne Costa ... Snobby Girl
Doug Cox ... Izzy

Danielle Dearing ... Church Goer

Elizabeth Dennehy ... Helen Brown

Loy Edge ... Nate Twain

Lorilynn Failor ... Twyla Twain

Paul Ganus ... Bart
Lisa Angelina Green ... Shopkeeper
Michael Tyler Henry ... Donnie Bottinelli

Bailey Huff ... Schoolyard Bully
Chris Kato ... Valet
Shelby Kern ... Bailey's Friend

Kelly Lazarus ... Beth

Robbie Moore ... Church Member

Marianne Muellerleile ... Doris Fargo

Jim O'Heir ... Fred Fargo
Emily Pennington ... Bailey
Connie Ray ... Patsy Nellis
Leslie Riley ... Teacher

Evan Sabara ... Kip

Michael Seaman ... Scott Sullivan

Timothy Stack ... Eugene Fennig

Brad Stine ... John Sullivan

Jennifer Titus ... Young Mother
Lindsay Weems ... Waitress
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Rated PG for mild thematic elements, brief language and teen smoking.
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6 out of 10 people found the following review useful.
This movie has heart!, 26 January 2007
Author: iveseenemall from United States

This movie was very good, and people of all ages will enjoy it, I think. Very few filmmakers tackle such topics as homelessness and accepting people, regardless of gender, race, age, etc. But this one does, and it does it without being preachy or boring.

Crystal Bernard was great in this role. But the character (Bobby Edner from one of the Spy Kids movies) who plays Hayden was a real stand-out, too. I thought he added depth as her confused teenage son trying to cope with his father's death and his mother's profession as a pastor -- and all that comes with being a pastor's child when it's tough enough growing up in a "normal" family.

I don't think it is in theaters until the summer, but it's playing at the American Family Film Festival (www.iffilmfest.org) in LA in February. I saw it at a screening recently and highly recommend it!

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