Day 37: Midnight in Paris

Directed By- Woody Allen

Written By- Woody Allen

Starring- Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, Marion Cotillard, Kathy Bates, Adrian Brody, Tom Hiddleston, Corey Stoll, Michael Sheen

Critics Review- "Allen wants you to love Paris as much as Gil does and wants to show you the magic, the romance and the spark the city holds for him."- Matt Neal "The Standard"

Rating on Rotten Tomatoes- 93%

Out of a possible of 5 stars- 4 1/2 stars

My Review-

Where do I begin with this film? Woody Allen starts off the movie with four minutes of just Paris, that's it the scenery of Paris and he wants you to know how beautiful Paris is at all times of the day and it works perfectly. Even though I have not seen a lot of Allen's films so far this one stands out the most to me, next to Match Point. The way he wrote these characters especially Hemingway, Fitzgerald, he wrote them as if he was the main character Gil and wanting to talk to them as if he was in 1920s Paris. When watching this movie Allen made it seem like you would want to go live in the 1920s and talk to all the poets, writers and painters that are today known as the greats. This movie made me want to hopefully soon start reading the works of; Fitzgerald and Hemingway, Allen has a way with writing his characters for this movie even though they in Paris in 1920s. He shows that Paris is one of the most beautiful cities in the world, past or present, the music was also amazing in the movie when the movie was over I must have listened to "Si Tu Vois Ma Mere" more than 5 times in a row. The only thing I found rather annoying and I knew it was done well because Woody Allen intended for the characters to be like this, were Gil's fiance, and soon to be in-laws who did not seem to have the same love of Paris and Gil did, which I can understand since it seems they were always bring him down about being in love with Paris. Allen does a wonderful job at making Paris look so amazingly beautiful that it makes you want to go visit it at that very moment. It also seems the for Allen that 1920s Paris was the place that he had always wanted to visit as well, and it comes through in Owen Wilson's character and how much enthusiasm he was when talking about what happened the night before or when he is talking to his idols and how he is around them. This is one movie I will watch again, and possibly buy so I can watch it more than once. I enjoyed every minute of this movie and this is possibly Owen Wilson's best movie; and he deserved that Golden Globe Nomination. This movie shows Paris for what is, one of the most beautiful cities in the world.