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Saturday, June 4, 2011

MIDNIGHT IN PARIS (2011) A (With Reservations)

Another Woody Allen movie, this time dealing with one of his favorite fantasies. Rated A (With Reservations) because if you are not a fan of Woody Allen's view of people and his sense of humor, you will probably think this film deserves and F.

A Woody Allen stand-in actor travels to a very romantic Paris with his shallow (but very sexy) fiance and her shallower parents. Definition of shallow in this movie; 1) a women of means obsessed with shopping and 2) a pompous man of Tea/Republican Party persuasion. Included in the shallow group is also a pseudo-smart college professor.

To fulfill his fantasy, the Woody stand-in actor travels in time to meet the Paris intellectuals of the 20's. They include Gertrude Stein, Hemingway, Zelda and Scott Fitzgerald, Picasso, Dali, Cole Porter, etc, etc. One of the more funny scenes is when the Woody stand-in helps Jean-Paul Sartre with the plot for No Exit.

Ending is weak, characterizations are poor but if you are in to this type of humor, you will enjoy. You may also find many of your friends and neighbors depicted in the movie. Many of them live in my community.

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Warren is retired and lives in Florida where he runs a foreign movie program for adults. He subscribes to NETFLIX and uses Rotten Tomatoes as one of the sources for selecting movies to review.

Started watching movies at about eight years old and was strongly influenced by "Fantasia" for it's combination of music and fantasy. He was profoundly impacted in his early teen years by the social content in "I AM A FUGITIVE FROM A CHAIN GANG".

As a kid he used to enter the movie house in the middle of a double feature and leave when the movie reached the part where he came in. Loved serials and was able to see most double features for ten or twenty-five cents.

A graduate of Columbia University and City College of New York (CCNY), he strongly believes that good movies . . . with mature content . . . are a significant supplement to education and insight into the world around us. No egghead, he also believes that "It's A Wonderful Life", "Young Frankenstein", "The Producers", West Side Story", and "Seven Brides For Seven Brothers" are great films.