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Paris (2008)

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Average Rating: 6.4/10
Reviews Counted: 63
Fresh: 43 | Rotten: 20

Alternately a sharp ensemble dramedy and a love letter to the titular city, Paris is uneven but often striking.

Average Rating: 6.6/10
Critic Reviews: 16
Fresh: 11 | Rotten: 5

Alternately a sharp ensemble dramedy and a love letter to the titular city, Paris is uneven but often striking.

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Love and life pose dilemmas for a handful of friends in the City of Lights in this romantic drama from French filmmaker Cedric Klapisch. Pierre (Romain Duris) has enjoyed a successful career as a dancer performing in Parisian nightclubs, but when he's diagnosed with a serious heart condition, his doctor warns him that the strain of his work could kill him. Pierre must reinvent his life, and as he ponders his future and his mortality, he turns to his sister, �lise (Juliette Binoche), a social

R, 2 hr. 8 min.

Drama, Romance, Art House & International, Comedy

Directed By: C�dric Klapisch

Written By: C�dric Klapisch

In Theaters: Feb 8, 2008 Wide

On DVD: Mar 10, 2010

Box Office:$1.0M

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When it comes to being a fool for love, there are no city limits.

October 2, 2009 Full Review Source: Christian Science Monitor

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Peter Rainer

Christian Science Monitor

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Perhaps it's time for a moratorium on movies where the trajectories of various people intersect, often portentously, across the tableau of a big city.

October 1, 2009 Full Review Source: Philadelphia Inquirer

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Steven Rea

Philadelphia Inquirer

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The French director C�dric Klapisch is a glib wizard at weaving folks together, but there are too many secondhand characters roving through Paris, his latest ensemble piece.

September 30, 2009 Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly

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Owen Gleiberman

Entertainment Weekly

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Paris keeps us involved not because of momentous plot developments but because the production incites our curiosity to see what will happen next.

September 28, 2009 Full Review Source: ReelViews

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James Berardinelli

ReelViews

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Writer-director Klapisch's glossy love letter to Paris, and its yearning, beautifully lighted inhabitants, may not be much, and you may not even believe in its emotional and (discreet) carnal complications moment to moment. But the cast is fabulous.

September 25, 2009 Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune

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Michael Phillips

Chicago Tribune

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Klapisch, who shoots Paris with the eye of someone rapturously in love with the town, is less interested in the reality than the romance.

September 25, 2009 Comment

Cary Darling

Dallas Morning News

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Less a gourmet meal than a flaky pastry, Paris is a slight but sweet love letter to the urban life of the city of lights...

March 25, 2010 Full Review Source: Seanax.com

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Sean Axmaker

Seanax.com

Director C�dric Klapisch embraces Parisians' reputation for moroseness with a cast of melancholy, but passionate, characters.

March 25, 2010 Full Review Source: Moving Pictures Magazine

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Annlee Ellingson

Moving Pictures Magazine

Paean to Paris is light in all the right ways

March 13, 2010 Full Review Source: Movie Habit

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Marty Mapes

Movie Habit

A sage reminder from a housebound invalid that we should never take our health for granted.

March 4, 2010 Full Review Source: Sly Fox

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Kam Williams

Sly Fox

When these Parisians actually do connect, the city's magic finally begins to shine. Binoche, in particular, positively glows when things finally go right for her. Still, such moments seem a long time coming, and often feel, well, a bit rushed.

December 10, 2009 Full Review Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

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Chris Foran

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

'Seize the Day.' That's the title of a song that plays during the end credits... It's also the trite message of this tedious tapestry-of-life ensemble piece, in which a prettily dying young man advises his man-less sister to 'take a chance on chance.'

December 1, 2009 Full Review Source: Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)

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John Beifuss

Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)

Despite some wonderful performances and memorable situations, writer-director C�dric Klapisch ('L'Auberge Espagnole') fails to recapture the warmth of his previous ensemble dramas.

November 27, 2009 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com

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Dan Lybarger

eFilmCritic.com

Overlong and with ambitions of grandeur, Cedric Klapisch's enjoyable Paris is an attempt at Trollopean social archaeology that's best received with a shrug and a smile.

November 7, 2009 Full Review Source: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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Philip Martin

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

It may occasionally seem a little too facile, but all in all the movie scores more points than not and becomes a film of genuine merit.

November 4, 2009 Full Review Source: Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

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Ken Hanke

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

You can't really argue with a film that tells us we should be good to one another, celebrates the importance of family and suggests we should live our lives to the fullest.

October 29, 2009 Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City

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Jeff Vice

Deseret News, Salt Lake City

[Y]ou probably cannot ever go wrong with a flick set in the City of Light and starring one of the most luminous actresses ever to grace the arthouse screen...

October 19, 2009 Full Review Source: Flick Filosopher

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MaryAnn Johanson

Flick Filosopher

An explosion of acting, sets and costumes that leaves the viewer with a feeling of near permanent glossiness.

October 19, 2009 Full Review Source: Monsters and Critics

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Ron Wilkinson

Monsters and Critics

Klapisch's movie boasts passages of genuine magic.

October 9, 2009 Full Review Source: Baltimore Sun

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Michael Sragow

Baltimore Sun

In this overpacked ensemble cast, it's Binoche you want to see more of.

October 9, 2009 Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle

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Kimberley Jones

Austin Chronicle

...this Paris is a fantasy unlikely to be encountered by either tourist or resident, but considered as a travelogue for intellectuals, it's an enjoyable way to spend a few hours

October 9, 2009 Full Review Source: Playback:stl

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Sarah Boslaugh

Playback:stl

Were it possible for The City of Light to see Nashville or Manhattan, it would probably want to sue for defamation.

September 29, 2009 Full Review Source: Philadelphia Weekly

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Sean Burns

Philadelphia Weekly

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Generally, I judge films like Paris against the "Altman Standard." If the film comes close to linking the characters in the clever and interesting ways that Altman accomplished in Short Cuts, then it works for me. And Paris attempts to reach for the Altman Standard, despite the fact that the title would

February 13, 2011

Jim Hunter

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Liked the beautiful shots of Paris more than the actual story. It was okay, but it really wore out it's welcome at over 2 hours. Good cast and made up of quite a few characters whose lives overlap. Some of the characters more interesting than others. Fans of French films will like this, but I wouldn't recommend it to appeal to all.

November 4, 2008

Nicki Marie

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