Review of Midnight in Paris (2011) by Gutterhippo — 05 Jul 2011
CAUTION: SMUG ALERT ON HIGH! I can't think of many other films with the pretension of this one. Watching it reminded me of the story, "The Emperor's New Clothes," if you don't like it, you're stupid (or so the hoighty-toighty would have you believe).
Stories and conflicts go unresolved as the plainly miscast Owen Wilson stumbles and bumbles through a story with an interesting premise, but with more holes than Swiss cheese. The pretentious professor offers some laughs, but is severely under-developed.
The characters are painfully one-dimensional and chug along through yuk-yuk uninformed and unfunny political and history jokes that you better laugh at, lest you be exposed as a conservative and/or unintellectual.
One diamond in the rough is Marion Cotillard's performance, which pulls more than its fair share in this dreadful affair.
This review of Midnight in Paris (2011) was written by Gutterhippo on 05 Jul 2011.
Midnight in Paris has generally received very positive reviews.
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