Nonureva Really Surprised!

Pluskylang Great Film overall

Matialth Good concept, poorly executed.

Fleur Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

Phillim . . . whimsy alert though. 20 little mismatched hip movies, some awfully clever, some sweet, about the world's prettiest big city. Altogether it's too long (as these things always are) but one can fast forward, pick and choose.Gus Van Sant's and Wes Craven's pieces are my faves.And ten stars just for showing Père Lachaise Cemetery, and me screaming, 'Oh please go to Oscar Wilde's tomb!' -- and the movie following my request immediately! Yes! Pure movie super-real magic!

Charles Herold (cherold) This movie is 18 short pieces on love in Paris, each with its own director and cast. It is, predictably, a mixed bag, with 7 or 8 good pieces amidst others that range from drab to awful.Most of these little films are fairly low-key. One surprisingly affecting section is mainly just a long commute. There is a stylish but simple portrayal of a relationship between an actress and a blind guy. There is a meditation on how illness can affect love and a long monologue with a punchline.A few pieces are more out there, notably a wonderful romance involving mimes and an annoyingly absurd bit involving vampires. There is also a truly inane film that takes place in a Parisian version of Chinatown. The director was actually a cinematographer who has directed very little, and one suspects he got this gig because he was friends with someone rather than because he was an equal to the Coen Brothers and Tom Twyker.Some pieces are quite good, like a terribly sad story involving a shooting victim or a wonderfully amusing one with Steve Buscemi as a tourist waiting for a train. Some are intriguing, like an American who narrates in her bad French but still becomes increasingly existentialist. Others are pointless or are basically cute little setups with some sort of punchline, like the Nick Nolte one.In my experience, these sorts of anthology rarely manage to be even 50% good, so by that basis, this is one of the better ones. But I wouldn't recommend it.

hall895 Try to cram eighteen different stories into two hours and you're going to end up with something which, as a whole, is rather uneven. Such is the case with Paris, je t'aime. This is less one movie and more eighteen movies which happen to be shown in succession. The only common denominator is the setting, Paris. Eighteen different stories, told by eighteen different directors, featuring eighteen different casts. Some famous directors, some largely unknown. Some stories feature famous performers, others feature performers who are completely anonymous. There are little comedies, little dramas, little romances, little tragedies. It's quite the ebb and flow, you never know what's coming next. At least you know that if you're not enjoying what you're watching in a given moment there will be something entirely different coming along shortly.All in all it's an interesting experiment, buoyed by mostly interesting stories. A few of the mini-movies don't work or seem out of place. In a movie full of ordinary stories about ordinary life in Paris a vampire segment is a little jarring and bizarre. There's a story centered around a Chinatown beauty salon which is quite incomprehensible. A few of the stories fall rather flat. But on the other hand a few of the stories are actually quite brilliant. Most fall somewhere in between. At its best Paris, je t'aime is really good and even at its worst it's not truly terrible. The film may wear you down by the end, there's the sense that maybe there are three or four stories too many. But even if the film does start to drag it manages to pick itself up and get moving again. Such is the benefit of having an entirely new story every few minutes. Everyone will have their own favorite segments. There is something here for everyone. Fittingly the final segment is essentially a love letter to Paris. Margo Martindale plays Carol, a middle-aged American tourist extolling the virtues of the city in truly terrible, amateurish French. Carol may not have mastered the language but the sentiment is clear and sincere. She loves Paris. Simple. There is obviously much to love about the city and in Paris, je t'aime all the different directors with all their different stars do the city justice. It's an up-and-down movie, by its very nature inconsistent. But it's a unique ride, one worth taking.

Armand the search. of love, the other, yourself, sense, happiness. that is the essence of this splendid puzzle - movie who can impress for great cast, for large force of stories or for its delicacy, cruel, painful drops but who remains real beautiful for the extraordinary message. a film about Paris and about love. at first sigh that could be all. but this move, who seems be more a book or a new Decalogue, has the chance to transform the viewer, to remember old experiences of dreams. and that fact is basic virtue of movie. who has a special flavor, who gives a total show, who can be romantic, cold , poetic or only old fashion one. a film about not the love or the characters but about spectator.