A Tapestry of brilliance

Rating: Null/10 (14 October 2011)

Where has he been - Woody Allen? I thought he'd retired but I would just like to think he was having a rest before bringing out this gem of a movie and it is a gem. Well up there and surpassing Annie Hall The main protagonist Gil (Owen Wilson) plays his role superbly (as well as the great cast that Woody Allen always seems to find and take from roles you had normally seen them in to roles you would never imagine they could perform)- he essentially has come to Paris with his fiancé and her parents who are as materialistic about life as well as being insincere. Gil wants inspiration to write a book and his fiancé just wants to buy half of France! But at Midnight in Paris Gil is transported back in time to meet all his idols writers and musicians and painters and he re thinks his book and re thinks his life as a consequence. As the story develops nicely before our eyes we see how he struggles with his present relationship and the one he imagines in the past. The film has everything humour, poignant moments and above all is thought provoking. Simply Woody Allen at his best a possible Oscar Candidate and a Tapestry of brilliance.