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Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.

The story told in 'Bird of Paradise' is simple and somewhat of a cliché – a white sailor (Joel McCrea) falls in love with a native woman (Dolores del Rio) on a tropical island, but their romance is forbidden, and they must flee to be together. This "white man / native woman" romance would spawn a number of similar movies over the following decades, and this one has the added drama that del Rio is meant to be sacrificed into a volcano to appease Pele.Despite the simple story and some stereotypical treatment of native cultures, this is a highly entertaining movie. It's very well done, as McCrea and del Rio ooze natural sex appeal, and the cinematography in Hawaii is gorgeous. There are hula and other tribal dances which were choreographed by Busby Berkeley, and a beautiful score from Max Steiner. Director King Vidor also took full advantage of what was permissible pre-Code. We see a lot of skin, playful attraction and kissing, and a nude underwater scene two years before a similar one would appear in 'Tarzan and His Mate'. (And interestingly enough, there is also a Tarzan-like yell, and this was in the same year as the first 'Tarzan'). Dolores del Rio is beautiful and alluring in this movie, and her scenes with McCrea are charged with eroticism. I loved some of the special effects as well – the movie has a pretty cool whirlpool scene, lava flow, and of course, the volcano. I suppose this movie and others like it are based on male fantasy, but if you're OK with that, this one really delivers.

Bird of Paradise is based on a 1912 play and the story of the beautiful native girl being sacrificed to a volcano is probably familiar to most moviegoers, but it was done here first and it showcases it's beautiful stars, Dolores Del Rio and Joel McCrea. It features some of the most beautiful black-and-white photography I've ever seen, and the music by Max Steiner is lovely. This piece of exotica has gotten a bum rap by many reviewers in the past, but it stands as a pleasant time-waster that will pass about an hour-and-a-half painlessly enough. The Alpha DVD print shows scratches and wear, but not enough to mar the enjoyment of the film.

Yaaawwwn. As Shakespeare put it, much ado about nothing. Most of the critics seemed to take "Boid of Paradise" (my 1st wife was from Brooklyn) as something in need of serious thought. I seriously thought it was tiresome.Big fuss about Del Rio's nude underwater swim. You couldn't even notice a nipple in the ripple. Hedy Lamarr displayed more skin in her first flick.Joel McRae, star of my fave Hitchock movie, "Foreign Correspondent" looked too skinny as he swung from vine to vine. Weismuller was really a swinger (in more ways than one) in the Tarzan series.Some of the scenes were ludicrous, especially the one with McRae riding tortoise-back. Hi-yo turtle.The native dance scenes were impressive, and, to be honest, the love scenes between the two stars were pretty convincing. One looked like a French kiss or, at least, a French-Canadian kiss.The erupting volcano and flowing lava did not convince, but, then it was '32 and special effects were not as sophisticated as they are today.All in all, "Bird of Paradise" was so-so. Hey, this bird laid an egg.

As I watched this on PBS I imagined my grandfather spending his twenty cents to watch in the theater. Romance and passion in the tropical sea breeze. A sea adventurer(Joel McCrea) falls in love with an island beauty(Dolores del Rio)who's destiny is to be sacrificed to Pele, the God of Volcanos. Of note: del Rio's nude underwater swimming scene. And Max Steiner's score is the first to orchestrate a "talkie" from beginning to end. The supporting cast includes: Richard Gallagher, John Halliday, Reginald Simpson and Lon Chaney Jr.