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Paris (2009)

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Reviews Counted:58

Fresh:40

Rotten:18

Average Rating:6.4/10

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

Rated: R [See Full Rating] for language and some sexual references.

Runtime: 2 hrs 10 mins

Genre: Foreign Films

Theatrical Release:Sep 18, 2009 Limited

Box Office: $813,521

Synopsis: The exhilarating new film from Cédric Klapisch (L'Auberge Espagnole), Paris is a cinematic love letter to the city that seems to hide a story behind every corner. While waiting for a heart... The exhilarating new film from Cédric Klapisch (L'Auberge Espagnole), Paris is a cinematic love letter to the city that seems to hide a story behind every corner. While waiting for a heart transplant, Pierre (Romain Duris) has his world invaded by his sister Elise (Juliette Binoche) and her three children. The growing awareness of his impending mortality, as well as the re-discovery of his sister and her life, gives Pierre a very different sense of how he might spend the time still left to him. The young man observes Paris and its people with a new outlook, learning to cherish even the smallest details and everyday things. Meanwhile, a respected professor (Fabrice Luchini) hopes for one more great romance in his life, while a vendor at an open-air market (Albert Dupontel) wonders what life is left for him now that he’s split from his wife. --© IFC Films [More]

Starring: Juliette Binoche, Romain Duris, Fabrice Luchini, Albert Dupontel

Starring: Juliette Binoche, Romain Duris, Fabrice Luchini, Albert Dupontel, Francois Cluzet, Karin Viard, Melanie Laurent, Gilles Lellouche, Zinedine Soualem, Julie Ferrier, Maurice Benichou, Olivia Bonamy, Audrey Marnay

Director: Cedric Klapisch

Director: Cedric Klapisch
Screenwriter: Cedric Klapisch
Producer: Bruno Levy
Composer: Loic Dury, Robert "Chicken" Burke
Studio: IFC Films

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Apr 7, 2009

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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.

Full Review Source: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette | comment Comment
11/07/09
Philip Martin
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.

Full Review Source: Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) | comment Comment
11/04/09
Ken Hanke
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.

Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City | comment Comment
10/29/09
Jeff Vice
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...

Full Review Source: Flick Filosopher | comment Comment
10/19/09
MaryAnn Johanson
MaryAnn Johanson
Flick Filosopher

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

Full Review Source: Monsters and Critics | comment Comment
10/19/09
Ron Wilkinson
Ron Wilkinson
Monsters and Critics

Klapisch's movie boasts passages of genuine magic.

Full Review Source: Baltimore Sun | comment Comment
10/09/09
Michael Sragow
Michael Sragow
Baltimore Sun

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

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
10/09/09
Kimberly Jones
Kimberly 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

Full Review Source: Playback:stl | comment Comment
10/09/09
Sarah Boslaugh
Sarah Boslaugh
Playback:stl

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

Full Review Source: Christian Science Monitor | comment Comment
10/02/09
Peter Rainer
Peter Rainer
Christian Science Monitor

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.

Full Review Source: Philadelphia Inquirer | comment Comment
10/01/09
Steven Rea
Steven Rea
Philadelphia Inquirer
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The French director Cédric Klapisch is a glib wizard at weaving folks together, but there are too many secondhand characters roving through Paris, his latest ensemble piece.

Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly | comment Comment
09/30/09
Owen Gleiberman
Owen Gleiberman
Entertainment Weekly
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Were it possible for The City of Light to see Nashville or Manhattan, it would probably want to sue for defamation.

Full Review Source: Philadelphia Weekly | comment Comment
09/29/09
Sean Burns
Sean Burns
Philadelphia Weekly

This isn't, perhaps, the "best" film ever about my beloved city, but it certainly ranks up there as an ode to the allure of such a celebrated destination.

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09/29/09
Jeanne Kaplan
Jeanne Kaplan
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The movie is filled with brief glimpses of meaningful symbolism.

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09/29/09
David Kaplan
David Kaplan
Kaplan vs. Kaplan

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

Full Review Source: ReelViews | comment Comment
09/28/09
James Berardinelli
James Berardinelli
ReelViews
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French auteur Cedric Klapisch achieves a sublime use of the City of Lights as a living and breathing body of humanity.

Full Review Source: ColeSmithey.com | comment Comment
09/27/09
Cole Smithey
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com

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.

Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune | comment Comment
09/25/09
Michael Phillips
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.

Full Review Source: Dallas Morning News | comment Comment
09/25/09
Cary Darling
Cary Darling
Dallas Morning News
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Soggy stuff from French director Cedric Klapisch.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
09/25/09
J. R. Jones
J. R. Jones
Chicago Reader
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If Paris feels like an Altman film in structure, it lacks the late filmmaker’s bite, not to mention his genuine curiosity about human beings.

Full Review Source: Boston Globe | comment Comment
09/25/09
Ty Burr
Ty Burr
Boston Globe
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