Rating of
2/4
Midnight in Paris review
Daniel Corleone - wrote on 02/05/12
Literary fanatics and Paris lovers would definitely enjoy this though the director's previous efforts were funnier. Gil Pender (Owen Wilson), a writer with his fiancé, Inez (Rachel McAdams) are in Paris. One evening Gil gets drunk and is invited by a group of people in a 1920’s car. He stumbles upon Cole Porter, Josephine Baker, and Zelda and F. Scott Fitzgerald, who take him to meet Ernest Hemingway. Gil then realizes that he isn’t compatible with Inez. One of the few humorous scenes was the lost detective and communism remark. The comical scenes were dry and focused on the locations and costumes.
Two best lines that somewhat sums up the film’s premise: Paul – “Nostalgia is denial. Denial of the painful present, the name for this denial is golden age thinking the erroneous notion that a different time period is better than the one ones living in it’s a flaw in the romantic imagination of those people who find it difficult to cope with the present.” Gil - “That's what the present is. It's a little unsatisfying because life is unsatisfying.” Themes of appreciating the present and relationships were touched. Midnight in Paris is a romantic fantasy comedy which lacked the latter, and focuses more on the settings and script instead of characters despite recognizing popular legends in the process.
