Review of Midnight in Paris (2011) by Bhawk — 11 Dec 2011
Although I WANTED to like this, and I agree with others that the long list of expatriate artists that are "visited" were intriguing, the script just felt so forced and high-fallootin' in an effort to be "intellectual" that I never fell for the spell Allen wanted me to go under.
Allen also uses Olsen Wilson as his surrogate "puppet", seemingly forcing him to use Allen's own rhythms, phrasings, and speech patterns throughout his entire performance. Although I enjoyed the nicely detailed art direction and Marion Cotillard is always interesting, overall, the film is flat, redundant, and surprisingly, only sporadically "funny".
Not worthy of the early Oscar buzz that it was once receiving which has now (rightfully) waned.
This review of Midnight in Paris (2011) was written by Bhawk on 11 Dec 2011.
Midnight in Paris has generally received very positive reviews.
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