It shouldn't work, but it does, as a vibrant, modern re-imagining of the New Wave aesthetic, at once mopey, sweet, playful and madly in love with Americana and cinema itself.
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06/09/08
Dans Paris (2007)
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Reviews Counted:49
Fresh:29
Rotten:20
Average Rating:6.2/10
Consensus: Director Christophe Honore updates the pretensions and the charms of the French New Wave for Dans Paris, his poignant yet frustratingly dense film.
Theatrical Release:Aug 8, 2007 Limited
Synopsis: Paul, depressed from his recent break-up with Anna, returns home to Paris and moves back in with his divorced father and amorous younger brother, Jonathan. While his carefree sibling and doting... [More]
Starring: Romain Duris, Louis Garrel, Guy Marchand, Joana Preiss
Director: Christophe Honoré
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01/18/08
will induce a shortage in precious vacation days, stirring up visions of oneself mimicking the carefree Jonathan, gallivanting about Paris without a care in the world
12/18/07
If watching mopey naked French people is your idea of a date night, this is your movie.
09/28/07
Almost overwhelmingly dark and downbeat, which nearly makes the whole thing unwatchable.
09/27/07
A lighthearted riff on heavy themes, Dans Paris is a knowing throwback to the playful, profound works of the early French New Wave.
09/21/07
Top CriticDans Paris is an odd, off-kilter drama that lurches along for a while -- the disconnected scenes seem almost to be bumping into each other at random -- until, in the final scenes, it all comes together.
09/13/07
If an admirable attempt at the iconoclastic, Dans Paris is too much film school for an afternoon. Lacks even the modest structure and resolution that most audiences will demand.
09/11/07
Moody, mannered and supremely irritating.
09/07/07
Top CriticThe personal disconnections and interpersonal bonds the film explores are timeless.
09/07/07
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09/01/07
Dans Paris has a lot of whining about women, interrupted with impulsive trysts and bouts of dancing.
08/31/07
Top CriticThe situation is less interesting than Honoré's eclectic style...
08/31/07
Top CriticDans Paris is limned with human stumbling, snatches of temporary joy laced with existential disquiet and the desperation of souls at sea in a sterile universe but not to be denied grasps of pleasure.
08/30/07
Top CriticBy the time it's over, you feel as if you've taken a graduate course at UCLA film school.
08/15/07
Top CriticStructurally, it is mostly windup with very little delivery.
08/15/07
Top CriticThere's something breathtaking about this melodically melancholic homage to the French New Wave and the City of Lights herself ... as modernly poignant as it is retro-seductive.
08/15/07
Christmas with the cracked.
08/11/07
A realistic depiction of the emotional quicksand of depression and its effects on everyone around it.
08/10/07
Besides the restless style, Dans Paris is remarkable for being more about familial bonds than French cinema tends to be.
08/10/07
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