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Midnight in Paris (12A)

Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

A romantic comedy about a family traveling to the French capital for business. The party includes a young engaged couple forced to confront the illusion that a life different from their own is better.

More information on this production is available at www.sonyclassics.com.

The critical consensus

Amusing and cleverly sustained, Midnight In Paris is also perceptive about our longing for people and places we can never experience. It confirms that even in the autumn of his career, Allen can still surprise and delight.

****(*)Allan Hunter, The List, 14/09/2011

Full of hope and whimsy this loving embrace of romanticism may be slow but it is oh so sweet.

****(*)Thom Atkinson, The Skinny, 30/09/2011

Light, assured, and utterly charming: Woody Allen’s sublime gifts are still intact.

****(*)Ian Nathan, Empire Online, 03/10/2011

Magical, charming and wise.

*****Chris Tookey, Daily Mail, 06/10/2011

Bursting with ideas, this is a wonderful, whimsical romantic fantasy in which every scene delights and every actor excels, with Wilson in particular a revelation as the latest Woody surrogate.

****(*)Paul Greenwood, Evening Times, 06/10/2011

Allen isn't slavishly trying to reclaim some golden age of creativity, nor he charging ahead with barely a reference to his illustrious past: this is Allen nodding to his back-catalogue, trying something new and moving on. Long-suffering fans would do well to do the same.

****(*)Alistair Harkness, The Scotsman, 07/10/2011

An absurdly charming and unexpected return to form.

***(*)(*)Adam Woodward, Little White Lies, 06/10/2011

Think of the glass as half full: something to knock back gratefully, as proof that Woody isn’t down to the dregs yet.

***(*)(*)Tim Robey, The Telegraph, 06/10/2011

If it is too late to expect another great Woody Allen film, Midnight in Paris is nevertheless a surprising event, the surprise being that he's still capable of grace, lightness, wit.

Anthony Quinn, The Independent, 07/10/2011

This may not be a return to the glory days, but it's a vivid reminder of them. That's almost as good.

***(*)(*)Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, 06/10/2011

A delightful exercise in wish-fulfillment.

****(*)Henry Fitzherbert, Daily Express, 06/10/2011

This love letter to the City of Lights is Allen's best film since Husbands And Wives.

****(*)Daily Record, 07/10/2011

Witty, featherlight and openly sentimental, this is Woody’s love letter to Paris and the most relaxed, likeable movie he’s made in years.

****(*)Philip Kemp, Total Film, 06/10/2011

Midnight in Paris is a cinematic soufflé that rises to perfection, a wry, funny, touching picture, pursuing some of his favourite tropes and themes but with sufficient asperity to give a sting to the nostalgia it embraces.

Philip French, The Observer, 09/10/2011

As frivolous as it is, the glowing cinematography, the postcard settings and the rhapsodic dialogue all convey the director's swooning adoration of Paris with a force that's hard to resist.

Nicholas Barber, The Independent on Sunday, 09/10/2011

This is Allen nodding to his back-catalogue, trying something new and moving on.

****(*)Alistair Harkness, The Scotsman, 07/10/2011

This is a feel-good film that reminds us to appreciate what we’ve got, because human nature’s inherent longing for the past will never be productive.

****(*)Alexandra, TV Bomb, 15/10/2011

The film therefore lacks the dash of sophistication that would have cemented its status as one of Allen’s best. Nevertheless, this does not detract from its considerable charm.

***(*)(*)Steven Campbell-Harris, The Journal, 21/10/2011


Features about Midnight in Paris (12A)

Woody Allen gets his groove back with Midnight in Paris after years of decline

Andrew Pulver, The Guardian, 30/09/2011

Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris--Enchange, Monsieur!

David Gritten, The Telegraph, 30/09/2011

Woody Allen: He'll always have Paris

John Walsh, The Independent, 08/10/2011

Midnight in Paris: a beginner's guide to modernism

Jonathan Jones, The Guardian, 11/10/2011

Midnight in Paris (12A)

Where and when?

General release. Check local listings for show times.

Edinburgh Filmhouse, Edinburgh from Friday December 9, 2011, until Thursday December 15, 2011. More info: www.filmhousecinema.com

Cameo, Edinburgh from Friday December 30, 2011, until Thursday January 5, 2012. More info: http://www.picturehouses.co.uk/

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