Clever Carpe Diem Comedy

Rating: 6/10 (26 November 2011)

Owen Wilson does his Woody Allen impression in this moderately entertaining romantic comedy that does a great job for Paris tourism.
The high points of this film are the beautiful shooting of Paris, the excellent cameos from many of the literary greats of the 20th century in post war Paris and an apposite sound track.
People will always be dissatisfied somewhat in their daily lives. One of the mistakes people make though is romanticizing what they remember of their past through nostalgia, thus creating an unattainable ideal which makes their present even worse. What allen is saying in this movie is that we have to live with the present and make it our personal golden age. Nothing earth shattering but a nice sentiment none the less.