Midnight in Paris (2011)

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Midnight in Paris is a loving embrace of the city, of art and of life itself.

June 10, 2011 Full Review | Comments (5)

Tom Long

Detroit News

Top Critic

Our hero has found his groove among the Lost Generation and, for us, there's some amusement to be had in sharing Gil's thrills -- it's like stepping into a Classic Comics version of A Moveable Feast.

June 3, 2011 Full Review | Comments (2)

Rick Groen

Globe and Mail

Top Critic

Midnight in Paris is charming and clever, at times wickedly astute and hopeful.

June 3, 2011 Full Review | Comment (1)

Lisa Kennedy

Denver Post

Top Critic

Woody Allen attracts promising players and does nothing with them.

June 3, 2011 Full Review | Comments (22)

David Thomson

New Republic

Top Critic

There is breezy comedy to be made of a YouTube-age writer meeting the icons and idols of a bygone, classical era, but Allen goes deeper, expanding on his time-travel device to make unexpected and unexpectedly generous observations.

June 3, 2011 Full Review | Comment (1)

Gary Thompson

Philadelphia Inquirer

Top Critic

I find this upfront fantasy to be his funniest, most agreeable comedy in years.

June 2, 2011 Full Review | Comment

J. R. Jones

Chicago Reader

Top Critic

[A] work of genius... [B]ecomes the butt of its own gentle joke... one that wraps up a paralyzing self-awareness in a redemptive self-deprecation to, finally and splendidly, laugh with great good humor at itself.

February 15, 2012 Full Review | Comment

MaryAnn Johanson

Flick Filosopher

As on-screen Allen stand-ins go, Wilson is definitely one of the more effective ones, recognizably channelling those Allen neuroses within his own established persona and distinct comic rhythms.

February 7, 2012 Full Review | Comment

Michael Dequina

TheMovieReport.com

Woody Allen seemed to have lost his fizz as a filmmaker of late - and then he uncorked the sparkling Midnight in Paris, a comic fantasy with all the effervescence of vintage champagne.

February 3, 2012 Full Review | Comment

Jason Best

Movie Talk

Woody Allen's comedy Midnight in Paris is a superior late-period work precisely because it appears that age and wisdom have finally allowed him to discover that his romantic streak can acknowledge his realist/cynical side without succumbing to it.

January 3, 2012 Full Review | Comment

Perry Seibert

TV Guide's Movie Guide

Fable-like, if not exactly fabulous, Midnight in Paris gets shoved onto shelves in a barebones edition from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.

January 3, 2012 Full Review | Comment

Budd Wilkins

Slant Magazine

An accomplished film that's as entertaining as it is deliciously offbeat.

December 29, 2011 Full Review | Comment

James Plath

Movie Metropolis

Watchable, and on a certain level, it's quite enjoyable.

December 29, 2011 Full Review | Comment

Michael W. Phillips, Jr.

Goatdog's Movies

[Woody] Allen brings his fantasy to life with such affection and joy that he transports us into his dream come true as a shared fantasy.

December 22, 2011 Full Review | Comment

Sean Axmaker

MSN.com

A surprise treat from Woody Allen who has spent too much energy selling his films to mainstream audiences...

November 30, 2011 Full Review | Comment

Felix Vasquez Jr.

Cinema Crazed

einai apo aytes tis tainies poy se xaideyoyne epibrabeytika sto kefali, h anamesa sta mpoytia, giati exeis akoysta ton Cole Porter kai ton F. Scott Fitzgerald

November 20, 2011 Full Review | Comments (4)

Joseph Proimakis

Movies for the Masses

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.

November 17, 2011 Full Review | Comment

Matt Neal

The Standard

Filled with light-hearted fancy and a dazzling cast, Woody Allen's latest film is a magical stroll through a magnificent city

October 24, 2011 Full Review | Comments (3)

Tom Clift

Moviedex

Although the film suggests that we should enjoy the present for all it's worth, we have a great time enjoying this brief episode in a literate and beauty-filled past

October 22, 2011 Full Review | Comment

Andrew L. Urban

Urban Cinefile

The magic of Paris and the mystique of an era gone-by are the stars of Midnight in Paris - Woody Allen's best film for years

October 22, 2011 Full Review | Comment

Louise Keller

Urban Cinefile

So light and breezy you might not recognize this Paris postcard comes by way of the ever-relevant Woody Allen, who mixes time travel and nostalgia to delightful effect...

October 20, 2011 Full Review | Comment

Bruce Bennett

Spectrum (St. George, Utah)

It's not a bad film -- it just could have been a lot better.

October 20, 2011 Full Review | Comments (2)

Adam Bub

MovieFIX

Midnight In Paris is clever, watchable, mildly entertaining and quite amusing. Unfortunately -- after its initial gimmick -- it's also pretty predictable, and amounts to a lot less than the sum of its parts.

October 20, 2011 Full Review | Comment

Mark Demetrius

FILMINK (Australia)

• 1. Gert: Gertrude Stein: The artist's job is not to succumb to despair but to find an antidote for the emptiness of existence.
  – Submitted by Jay A (9 days ago)
• 1. Ernest: I believe that love that is true and real, creates a respite from death. All cowardice comes from not loving, or not loving well, which is the same thing. And then the man who is brave and true looks death squarely in the face, like some rhino-hunters I know, or Belmonte, who is truly brave. It is because they make love with sufficient passion, to push death out of their minds, until it returns, as it does, to all men. And then you must make really good love again.
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• 1. Gil: We don't have the big things in common, but we have the little things. For example, we both like Indian food. Well, not all Indian food, but the pita bread. We both like pita bread.
  – Submitted by Bennett H (2 months ago)
• 1. Gabrielle: By the way, my name is Gabrielle.
  2. Gil: I'm Gil, nice to meet you. It's a pretty name.
  – Submitted by Brigita S (4 months ago)
• 1. Gil: This is unbelievable! Look at this! There's no city like this in the world. There never was.
  2. Inez: You act like you've never been here before.
  3. Gil: I don't get here often enough, that's the problem. Can you picture how drop dead gorgeous this city is in the rain? Imagine this town in the '20s. Paris in the '20s, in the rain. The artists and writers!
  4. Inez: Why does every city have to be in the rain? What's wonderful about getting wet?
  – Submitted by Brigita S (4 months ago)