When American couple John (Kurt Fuller) and his wife Helen (Mimi Kennedy) visit Paris on business, they are accompanied by their daughter Inez (Rachel McAdam) and her writer fiancé Gil (Owen Wilson). Gil is love-struck by Paris, regretting he didn't stay when he visited once before. He is an aspiring writer and hopes that this trip will inspire him and that he will finally finish his first novel.
Critics praised Woody Allen, calling Midnight in Paris his best film in years. It's a bright plot that develops in Paris, arguably the most beautiful city in the world both present and past. The audience is reminded of a time when history, art and culture gelled. Allen makes this nostalgia entertaining and relevant to his theme: each generation reminiscences about a previous age which is always more golden than the present. 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. We see Paris during the day, at night, in the sunshine, in the rain. The rain is important because Gil loves to walk through Paris in the rain. Unlike his fashion-conscious fiancée Inez, who doesn't like doing anything that Gil likes.
Gil: This is unbelievable! Look at this! There's no city like this in the world. There never was.
Inez: You act like you've never been here before.
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!
Inez: Why does every city have to be in the rain? What's wonderful about getting wet?
Rachel McAdams makes the most of her role as Inez, the pretty American princess whose demands are superficial and materialistic, while Gil is encouraged by the ambiance of Paris to be more poetic and romantic. In a scene with Adriana Gil is spewing with romance:
Adriana: I can never decide whether Paris is more beautiful by day or by night.
Gil: No, you can't, you couldn't pick one. I mean I can give you a checkmate argument for each side. You know, I sometimes think, how is anyone ever gonna come up with a book, or a painting, or a symphony, or a sculpture that can compete with a great city. You can't. Because you look around and every street, every boulevard, is its own special art form and when you think that in the cold, violent, meaningless universe that Paris exists, these lights, I mean come on, there's nothing happening on Jupiter or Neptune, but from way out in space you can see these lights, the cafe, people drinking and singing. For all we know, Paris is the hottest spot in the universe.
Critics praised Woody Allen, calling Midnight in Paris his best film in years. It's a bright plot that develops in Paris, arguably the most beautiful city in the world both present and past. The audience is reminded of a time when history, art and culture gelled. Allen makes this nostalgia entertaining and relevant to his theme: each generation reminiscences about a previous age which is always more golden than the present. 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. We see Paris during the day, at night, in the sunshine, in the rain. The rain is important because Gil loves to walk through Paris in the rain. Unlike his fashion-conscious fiancée Inez, who doesn't like doing anything that Gil likes.
Gil: This is unbelievable! Look at this! There's no city like this in the world. There never was.
Inez: You act like you've never been here before.
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!
Inez: Why does every city have to be in the rain? What's wonderful about getting wet?
Rachel McAdams makes the most of her role as Inez, the pretty American princess whose demands are superficial and materialistic, while Gil is encouraged by the ambiance of Paris to be more poetic and romantic. In a scene with Adriana Gil is spewing with romance:
Adriana: I can never decide whether Paris is more beautiful by day or by night.
Gil: No, you can't, you couldn't pick one. I mean I can give you a checkmate argument for each side. You know, I sometimes think, how is anyone ever gonna come up with a book, or a painting, or a symphony, or a sculpture that can compete with a great city. You can't. Because you look around and every street, every boulevard, is its own special art form and when you think that in the cold, violent, meaningless universe that Paris exists, these lights, I mean come on, there's nothing happening on Jupiter or Neptune, but from way out in space you can see these lights, the cafe, people drinking and singing. For all we know, Paris is the hottest spot in the universe.
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