Topic: Midnight in Paris

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Midnight in Paris
Year 2011
Director Woody Allen
Writer Woody Allen
With Owen Wilson, Marion Cotillard, Lea Seydoux, Rachel McAdams

Spain-US
DVD Sony



Overview
A romantic comedy about a family traveling to the French capital for business. The party includes a young engaged couple forced to confront the illusion that a life different from their own is better.



Woody's valentine to the French capital and in particular to the Paris of the '20's where a remarkably diverse group of artists and writers were assembled is a wholly elegant confection in a similar vein to his earlier masterwork The Purple Rose Of Cairo. The film was one of the best reviewed Allen films in years and deserved its plaudits. A diverse and charming cast do justice to Woody's witty, award winning prose..

Allen`s love for great artists and the redemption a city offers absolutely shines through, and graced with an inspired performance by Wilson, this becomes maybe his finest work in recent years.

Wonderful film, left me smiling.

Rating 5/5