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| Midnight in Paris - Nostalgia is an illusion. |
Written by: Woody Allen
Directed by: Woody Allen
Starring: Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams
Rated: PG-13
Plot:
While traveling in Paris with his fiance and her parents, aspiring writer Gil is transported to 1920's Paris everyday at midnight.
Review:
The story is simple yet charming. Like Gil, we wish we could meet our heroes and live when they lived in that Golden Age. Gil gets that chance and soon discovers, that even those in the Golden Age long for an earlier time when things were better. That 's the trap of nostalgia, one is never happy in their current time. While the mechanics are never explained, they don't need to be. Owen Wilson, as Gil, seems to channel the awkwardness of director Woody Allen. His fiance seems disinterested and his potential in-laws try to dissuade him from her completely. Gil realizes to be happy anywhere, he needs to be happy in the current time period. Seeing the literary greats like F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway was a treat. Corey Stoll, from House of Cards, is a caricature of Hemingway, and very well done. Tom Hiddleston, Loki from Thor, is Fitzgerald.
Watch it.
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