One of the year's best.

Rating: 10/10 (27 December 2011)

Woody Allen hasn't been having a good time when it comes to critics lately. It seems like whenever he does a movie that takes place in a different city, it does better. Lets see, he did Match Point in England, which did good. Then his next two films took place in England, and didn't do well(I still liked them). Then he did Vicky Cristina Barcelona, in Barcelona, and that did well. Then his next two films took place in New York and England, and didn't do well either.
His latest film, Midnight in Paris, did do well. It's getting a lot of Oscar buzz, and I couldn't wait to see it. Well now I have, and I will tell you it's his best film since Vicky Cristina Barcelona. I really enjoyed his last movie, You will meet a tall dark stranger, and not so much for the film before that, Whatever works. Midnight in Paris is a wonderful and real film, even if it's premise is magically based.
The film revolves around Gil and Inez(Owen Wilson and Rachel Macadams), a couple traveling with family in Paris. Gil, an aspiring writer,loves the city. While his fiancé couldn't care less. She is more fascinated with the things that Paul(Martin Sheen), a know it all moron, says about Paris. But at midnight, Gil discovers a time portal to the 1920's, where he meets famous dead artists like Ernest Hemingway, Cole Porter, and F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, and gets involved in their lives.
Gil also meets Adrianna(Marion Cotillard), who has had an affair with Picasso and now Hemingway, and is possibly falling for Gil. Meanwhile, back in 2011, everyone is starting to get a little suspicious of just what Gil is doing every night.
Midnight in Paris is sweet and increasingly entertaining by the second. The performances, especially by, though I don't know his actual name, the guy who plays Hemmingway, is marvelous. Every moment with him and Alison Pill is very entertaining.
It's one of those movies that you won't be able to stop thinking about for a while. I know because I am one of them. I haven't been able to stop thinking about it since I watched it. I'm so glad I bought it because I can't wait to watch it again.It's the year's best romantic comedy. It's a rare one where you actually fall in love with the movie.
This is been a great year for romantic comedy. We' ve had this one, Crazy stupid love and Friends with benefits, all very enjoyable films. But I feel that this one comes out on top. It's one of the year's best.
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