8/10
Heavily underrated film
20 March 2022
I think, what I need to get off my chest is that I would no way get on well with Gil Pender. He's an out and out democrat that openly criticises Republicans calling them 'insane'. Today, JFK would be a Republican. I'm not a Republican, I'm a libertarian, but we are also to the right side of the political pendulum. I simply would hate this guy in real life.

However, that is a minor distraction. What I think medianoche en Paris (the movie inspired me to use one of the seven languages I speak) does well, is it transports us to a more simple time. Today, men are the most dominate sex in female sports, our media no longer tells us the truth, we are given false narrative after false narrative, everyday. Wherever it be that COVID is a deadly virus, a man is a biological woman or that genocidal maniac Ukraine president Zelensky is a good person, we live in a time where our government, our medical establishments (big pharma) and our press are out to enslave us in every possible way.

Watching a movie involving Dali, Picasso, Hemingway, Buñuel etc, it just shows us a time when life was more simple. Not many critics highly praised the film; - it's impossible to argue with them. They considered it a very good, but not great movie. I think it really depends on how romantic you are, whether you enjoy or really enjoy Polnoc w Paryzu (IMDB doesn't allow me to use Polish characters)

I for one really enjoyed it. I knew all of the ancient stars in the picture and I enjoyed witnessing them exist. I think the performances are respectful and fair. Adrian Brody, Owen Wilson, Marion Cotillard and Kathy Bates really show the screenplay some respect, whilst Woody Allen directs the production in a comfortable way for the viewer. The script lacks spice; - and making Owen Wilson into a mini Woody Allen, I found slightly disrespectful.

The film works though and all in all I can only highly recommend it. I think one of the key things about the feature that will decide if you like it, is your age. A modern 18 year old will not know any one of the featured characters. Western education is so bad today, they just won't be aware of these legendary humans. 40+ age groups will really become a part of the whole story and that's a beautiful thing.
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