Magical

Rating: 8/10 (9 June 2012)

One of the best movies I've seen this year. This is a movie about Gil, a dreamer, a romantic who is trying to convince his very materialistic fiancé Inez into movie to Paris after they get married over the course of their vacation with her parents. Gil is obsessed with the romantic notion of Paris in the 20s and one night after dinner he goes for a walk and finds himself transported to the era of his dreams. This movie is filled with colour and light as Gil meets his heroes of the era, falls in love with Picassos muse and discovers that the past might not always be better.
Now this movie was very interesting. From a critics point of view, its gold, but from a viewers perspective its also a wonderful movie. It has humour, a fun soundtrack, famous figures from the jazz age, but also makes you think. The end message, that people are never satisfied with what they have, had me thinking long after I had left the theatre. This is definitely a movie you have to see at some point. A real triumph for Woody Allen, and Owen Wilson, who I am actually not a big fan of, I think did wonderfully by playing the kind of role Allen usually plays. As the title states, it was simply magical.