HARMONY IN PARADISE

Name: HARMONY IN PARADISE
Item: HARMONY IN PARADISE
Author: Tess Farrand

“Lighthearted, Uplifting Romantic Comedy”

Family Content: +1 Moderately questionable elements. (Discernment required for young children.)

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What You Need To Know:

HARMONY IN PARADISE is a romantic comedy on UPtv about Amelia, an ambitious but inexperienced wildlife journalist. Although she’s earned accolades for her writing with Geographic Life, she’s never actually left New York. The magazine is working to find a special story for their centennial publication. Amelia must reach out of her comfort zone and actually travel to Puerto Rico for the assignment that could change her career forever. When she arrives, she’s all business. However, after meeting a handsome conservationist named Fernando, Amelia begins to learn about the island’s beauty and its animals with a new perspective. Eventually, Amelia must decide whether her new relationship with the island and Fernando is more important than her career.

HARMONY IN PARADISE is a lighthearted, funny comedy. It has a light moral, redemptive worldview about love, personal responsibility, getting out of your comfort zone, and sacrificing one’s self-interest. The production values are sometimes lacking, but the movie’s overall message is uplifting and positive. MOVIEGUIDE® advises caution and discernment for younger children because of some emotional elements, drinking and several light profanities in HARMONY IN PARADISE.

Content:

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Dominant Worldview and Other Worldview Content/Elements:

Light moral, redemptive worldview about sacrificing self-interests for others also contains uplifting messages about personal responsibility, honesty and reaching out of your comfort zone, plus some light emotional Romantic elements and positive environmental efforts to protect wildlife

Foul Language:

No obscenities, but several OMG profanities

Violence:

No violence (there’s a mention of a manatee trapped in a net, but nothing is shown)

Sex:

No sex scenes or sexual immorality, but an unmarried couple becomes attracted to one another

Nudity:

Brief upper male nudity

Alcohol Use:

Characters drink at a bar several times

Smoking and/or Drug Use and Abuse:

No smoking or drugs;

Miscellaneous Immorality:

One character doesn’t tell the truth to her boss, but the movie shows there are negative consequences to not telling the truth.

More Detail:

HARMONY IN PARADISE is a new romantic comedy streaming on UPtv about a wildlife journalist who’s writing about a conservation facility in Puerto Rico and becomes attracted to a handsome conservationist.

Wildlife journalist Amelia is tasked with writing the feature story for Geographic Life’s centennial issue. Amelia’s boss promises her that she will make the front page and get her own column if she writes a good story. There’s only one problem. Amelia has never left New York for a story. Although she writes about places, people and animals from around the world, Puerto Rico will be her first true adventure.

When Amelia arrives in Puerto Rico, the head of the conservation facility, Fernando, is skeptical. However, after talking it through with one of his mentors, Fernando agrees to take Amelia around the island and show her the beauty of the work that he and his company do to protect Puerto Rico’s animals.

Fernando takes Amelia around the island, and Amelia experiences snorkeling, kayaking and other island activities for the first time. As Amelia and Fernando get to know each other, Amelia starts to care less about her story. However, after a call from her boss, Amelia must think quickly and decide what’s the most important story to tell for the upcoming issue.