Comments on: MIDNIGHT IN PARIS

By: george

george — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 13:01:15 +0000

I’ve consistently liked Rachel McAdams’ performances, Todd. Like you, I’ve seen about half her work.

By: Todd Mason

Todd Mason — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 04:02:10 +0000

Dan, he clearly likes women he can hope to control.

Rachel McAdams’s career so far is one of mostly good films and consistently, in my experience, good performances…pity she got sucked into this. I like THE LUCKY ONES, and like SLINGS AND ARROWS’ first season (and her return) even more…rather a pity, too, about THE TIME TRAVELER’S WIFE, but she managed to elevate both WEDDING CRASHERS and RED EYE…despite someone’s very odd makeup choices for her, particularly in WC (ahem) (almost kabuki). Much more distracting than bleaching the hair. I see I’ve seen about half her lsited work in IMDb.

By: george

george — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 20:49:00 +0000

Owen Wilson plays a credible Woody surrogate, Dan.

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 20:09:07 +0000

PATTI & TODD: In his films (and in life?) Woody Allen has never been able to understand women who prefer healthy, uncomplicated men to tortured neurotic geniuses. This puts his female characters somewhat into the same mold, but at his best he mines some humor from it. I’m just glad that at his age he’s started hiring surrogates to play the Woody Allen part.

By: george

george — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 19:46:27 +0000

Maybe Rachel McAdams’ loose belts were symbolic of her loose morals, Jeff.

By: Jeff Meyerson

Jeff Meyerson — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 19:36:50 +0000

Tina, Jackie said the same about her wardrobe. What was the deal with all the loose belts?

By: george

george — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 19:26:27 +0000

I agree with you on McAdams/Inez’s wardrobe, Tina. And I don’t normally notice fashion much. In one scene, McAdams looks like she’s wearing a bed-shirt with a belt. Of course, McAdams is horrified by the thought of living in Paris. Or walking in the rain.

By: george

george — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 19:23:42 +0000

I put THE LUCKY ONES in my NetFlix queue, Jeff. I’m a big fan of Rachel McAdams.

By: george

george — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 19:22:55 +0000

I’m a fan of PLAY IT AGAIN, SAM, MANHATTAN, and ANNIE HALL, Rick. Woody doesn’t appear in MIDNIGHT IN PARIS.

By: Tina

Tina — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 18:10:15 +0000

The movie is a love letter to Paris. And if you have a thing for Paris in the 1920s (as I do), you’ll find yourself silently exclaiming things like “Oh, my God! That’s Alice B. Toklas!” as if you were time-traveling yourself. I really enjoyed it: charming and light.

One thing that bothered me a bit: the Rachel McAdams character, Inez, is cursed with a mostly unattractive wardrobe. A loosely belted, gauzey tunic seems to me to be wildly out of place in Paris. But I think it may have been a means of demonstrating something that the audience (and Owen Wilson’s character) might find likable about her—that she’s a casual, California sort of gal.

Woody Allen movies are so much better when he’s not on screen!