Review of Midnight in Paris (2011) by Joe H — 16 Dec 2014
With Midnight in Paris (a most agreeable film), Woody Allen gives nostalgia the "grass-is-always-greener" treatment. Following Gil and Inez -- he's an artistically unsatisfied Hollywood screenwriter and she's his incompatible fiance -- during their Paris vacation, Woody Allen blends his classic wit with some seductive fantasy to weave this delectable time-traveling tale.
By some fantastical means, Gil (a wonderful Owen Wilson) finds himself transported to Paris in the 20's to meet some of his artistic heroes, including Ernest Hemingway, the Fitzgeralds, Gertrude Stein, and an excessive Adrien Brody as Salvadore Dali.
Eventually Gil comes to enjoy the fantasy more than his mundane reality, but when he meets a kindred spirit in the 20's who is also dissatisfied with her place in history, the problem becomes apparent.
Deeply witty and undeniably charming, Midnight in Paris is easy viewing about the unfulfilling nature of perpetually looking back, and its an excursion I'll be sure to make again.
This review of Midnight in Paris (2011) was written by Joe H on 16 Dec 2014.
Midnight in Paris has generally received very positive reviews.
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