Review of Midnight in Paris (2011) by Cmc — 02 Jul 2011
If you really like most all Woody Allen films, you will probably like this one. Considered as breezy entertainment, it is as you might expect better than most Hollywood fare, but that bar is not too high.
Owen Wilson becomes boring as he is given few good lines, portraying a perpetually confused and boring person, and the occasional Woody Allen quip seems out of character for the goy Texas boy. Adrian Brody as Dali is by far the best, and I suspect it is because he did an improv on his role and everyone liked it, while the others are too submissive to Alen's uninspired direction.
Perhaps the most disappointing feature is how un-emotive Paris is; how hard is it to miss when combining Paris and nostalgia? A big problem is that even the "real" characters are such extreme caricatures, you just can get too interested.
I became bored by Allen's latest sleepwalking exercise.
This review of Midnight in Paris (2011) was written by Cmc on 02 Jul 2011.
Midnight in Paris has generally received very positive reviews.
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