Brilliant plot idea, superb acting, incredible art design - but lacks humanity

Rating: 8/10 (1 March 2012)

Midnight in Paris is a movie that really deserves all awards it could possibly get, including best picture of 2011, and yet, I feel it's a movie that does not quite deserve the Best Screenplay award (unless, of course, the competition is too weak).
I don't need to go on about the movie itself, as other reviewers already done so. It is technically perfect, the casting is spot on, and the art direction has an unusually high standard, at least for Woody Allen films.
However, I feel this movie could be so much more. Why doesn't Gil research a bit more about Adriana apart from randomly finding a diary? Why doesn't he seem torn apart his fiancé and his love from the past? Why does Paul simply vanishes from the movie at the point he is supposed to be flirting with Gil's fiancé (thus bringing the audience more reason to have him follow Adriana, and his decision not to be much more painful)?
It feels like one draft away of a perfect movie - and it feels much of the original emotional punches and the character arcs were left in the cutting room floor. Pity. It is very good, but could have been MUCH better.