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Midnight in Paris

Midnight in Paris

Fantasy · Comedy · Romance · 2011

While on a trip to Paris with his fiancée's family, a nostalgic screenwriter finds himself mysteriously going back to the 1920s every day at midnight.

Movie details

Midnight in Paris

“Anything can happen in the city of light.”

2011 Fantasy · Comedy · Romance 1h 34m

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7.5 / 10

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While on a trip to Paris with his fiancée's family, a nostalgic screenwriter finds himself mysteriously going back to the 1920s every day at midnight.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Woody Allen

Written by

Woody Allen

Owen Wilson

Owen Wilson

Gil

Rachel McAdams

Rachel McAdams

Inez

Kathy Bates

Kathy Bates

Gertrude Stein

Kurt Fuller

Kurt Fuller

John

Adrien Brody

Adrien Brody

Salvador Dalí

Carla Bruni

Carla Bruni

Museum Guide

Marion Cotillard

Marion Cotillard

Adriana

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Put Midnight in Paris on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.