Movie review: Midnight in Paris
Some Woody Allen movies I like alot (Annie Hall, Match Point, Hannah and Her Sisters), others I've tried to like but just couldn't (Manhattan--except for the opening montage, which I love). Woody's newest, Midnight in Paris, definitely falls in the "like" column.
Owen Wilson plays Gil, an American screenwriter who goes to Paris with his fiancee, Inez (Rachel McAdams), and her parents. (And after about 5 minutes of seeing them together, you wonder how Gil and Inez ever got engaged.) She wants to shop and go dancing. He can't stop thinking about the glory days of the 20s, when Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Gertrude Stein were the talk of the town. One thing leads to another and Gil is suddenly learning a whole lot more about Paris in the 20s--and about what he really wants out of life. The cast is great, the writing is clever, and Paris is beautiful as always.
Owen Wilson plays Gil, an American screenwriter who goes to Paris with his fiancee, Inez (Rachel McAdams), and her parents. (And after about 5 minutes of seeing them together, you wonder how Gil and Inez ever got engaged.) She wants to shop and go dancing. He can't stop thinking about the glory days of the 20s, when Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Gertrude Stein were the talk of the town. One thing leads to another and Gil is suddenly learning a whole lot more about Paris in the 20s--and about what he really wants out of life. The cast is great, the writing is clever, and Paris is beautiful as always.
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