US Movie Review: Midnight in Paris (2011)

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Wednesday, Feb 8, 2012 8:00PM / Standard Entry / US Movie Review / Members only
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Let me preface this review by stating that I haven't watched many of Woody Allen's movies... at least not since 1973's 'Sleeper'. But I had heard a lot of good things about 'Midnight in Paris' so I gave it a chance.

The story is that Owen Wilson and his fiance and her parents travel to Paris. Wilson, a writer, is a hopeless romantic who pines for the forgone era of Paris in the 1920s. Somehow he stumbles upon a method to travel back in time to this period and meets all the classic writers that he idolizes. (Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, etc).

Its generally a well made movie... a nice cinematic tribute to Paris I suppose. But the premise and characters were just not that appealing to me. Also this film reminded me a lot of the two recent Communist Party propaganda films "Founding of a Republic" and "Beginning of the Great Revival", which were a whos who of celebrity cameos playing well known historical figures. In this case its not Jet Li or Jackie Chan playing communist generals, its Adrien Brody playing Salvador Dalí.... at some point it feels more like a gimmick than anything that helps move the story along.

Anyway, the film's moral lesson clubs you over the head pretty sufficiently in the last reel to make sure you get the point... I think if you really like Paris or Woody Allen movies, you'll like this... if you don't, you better not get your hopes up. I'll give it a 5/10.

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Etchy
posted on Tuesday, Feb 14, 2012 5:34PM

ha ha, ok, its clear that this movie appeals to the ladies more than guys.... or at least guys like me who don't like Paris that much. :-P
vikster78
posted on Tuesday, Feb 14, 2012 4:07PM [Report]

I loved the setting, well I suppose because I love Paris..the movie was ok but I found my interest fading by the halfway mark. Thought that the vintage car 'pick-up' at midnight which transported Wilson back to the city's glorious past was cleverly done... but a tad too fictitious for me!
peachey
posted on Sunday, Feb 12, 2012 9:01AM [Report]

I enjoyed the opening montage. Might as well have watched a Paris travel video instead. I thought the film was okay.
Sommer
posted on Sunday, Feb 12, 2012 4:37AM [Report]

wish I was able to catch u when you were in the americas! hope it was a good trip. I love this movie. Woody Allen has some good ones and some bad ones. . . . =)
yans
posted on Thursday, Feb 9, 2012 11:20AM [Report]

My cousin said its a good movie...