TDR RATING 8/10
We all fear death and question our place in the universe. The artist's job is not to succumb to despair, but to find an antidote for the emptiness of existence. - Gertrude Stein (Kathy Bates)
Owen Wilson stars as Gil, the eternal romantic who falls in
love with Paris in the 1920’s. Set in the modern day Gil finds that after
midnight he is whisked off into 1920’s Paris. He finds himself socialising with
literary and artistic geniuses, the likes of Ernest Hemingway, Salvador Dalí, Pablo
Picasso and Scott Fitzgerald. Gil every night escapes his frustrating engagement
to fiancée Inez (Rachel McAdams) and sinks himself into this fantastical world
from the past.
Owen Wilson is a master of comedy there's no doubt, but it’s really his work in
drama, the real and heartfelt pieces where he has immense gravitas and poignancy.
Wilson is flanked by a strong supporting cast, the kings and queens of
literature and art; Tom Hiddleston and Alison Pill as F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald
respectively, Corey Stoll as Hemingway, Kathy Bates as Gertrude Stein, Adrian
Brody as Salvador Dalí and finally the mesmerising Marion Cotillard as Adriana.
Midnight In Paris encapsulated the
beauty and the effervescence of the 1920’s. If you haven’t been to Paris, you
yearn for it; if you have then you are desperate to go back. I once had dinner
in at Bouillon Chartier, I think that’s the closest I’ll ever come to
experiencing early 20th Century Paris. Oh the beauty and the food! I
highly recommend you go eat there!! Oh I digress! Music is an excellent way to
time travel and Woody Allen has accomplished this remarkably with his selection
and composition accompanied by such beautiful costume design. If you would like a romantic escape from reality then this is
it, though it has a bitter-sweet tone to it, isn't that the cost of a true
literary romance?
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