A Vapid Snooze-fest with only mildly interesting characters

Rating: 5/10 (1 March 2013)

***Disclaimer*** Even in Woody Allen's more interesting movies, I still find him vapid as a writer & director, so if you're a fan then this review won't interest you.
.....SO....
This movie walks, talks & acts like "To Rome with Love" with the exception that it is in Paris and not Rome. {Both are written AND directed by Woody Allen btw... }
The cinematography of the city (comparable with "to Rome with Love") was very beautiful & among the actors chosen, many were talented.....but a boring story wrought with ridiculous Woody-Allen-isms is all you are really left with in the end. The film opens with a 3 + minute montage of Paris with absolutely nothing else going on, which gives a huge hint to the lackluster content to follow.
The performances worth mentioning are Salvatore Dali (Adrien Brody) who is amusing & didn't have nearly enough screen time, Adrianna (Cotillard) who is a convincingly sexy french woman, & perhaps Hemmingways character. Owen Wilson is pretty much the same-old, same old. Although, Wilson didn't have much of a chance to "shine" as a lead in a romantic movie simply because, every Woody Allen flick is exactly like every other Woody Allen flick... dabbled with meaningless political remarks & torturing the audience with awkwardness & dull sarcasm. I somewhat agree with the reviewer that said they were "insufferably shallow characters" but I don't think it's the actors fault at all. Woody's ideas aren't really all that magical, so the actors & gorgeous city couldn't turn the film into much unfortunately.
The only high ratings given to this flick were presumably Woody Allen fans or perhaps those captivated by the overall idea of re- visiting the Parisian streets in the 1920's. I am a romantic as much as the next person (if not more so) but this movie is just dull as a doorknob; mostly plot-wise with its vapid portrayal of a few love triangles that we've all seen before. Overall the pseudo- intellectualism (one of Woody's favorite words to put in scripts lately) is rubbed in the viewers face quite a bit.
Overall, it's pointless morally as you can guess the boring moral based in nostalgia 20 mins into the movie, but I'd still take the time to compliment the cinematographer, the soundtrack creators (although Not Original Scores) & a few of the actors. A shame it had to be written by Allen.