Movie Review: Midnight in Paris

We had movie night last night and I managed to convince my boyfriend to rent Woody Allen's "Midnight in Paris", which was a fight since his first impulse was to rent "Cowboys & Aliens".

The quick rundown: Pretty good, worth the watch.

The long rundown: The movie started a bit slow. As with most Woody Allen films the dialogue seemed a bit contrived at times and it took some warming up before the actors really started to flow. No spoilers here, but here is outline of the plot. Gil (Owen Wilson) and Inez (Rachel McAdams) played an engaged couple visiting Paris while Inez father is there on business. Gil is a screenwriter who is working on his first novel, Inez is the slightly bitchy bride to be who plays the part of the girl more interested in the wedding than the husband. Gil stumbles upon a car that brings him to the 1920's as soon as the clock strikes midnight. He takes traveling back in time every night and makes some revelations about his life.

As I mentioned before, the movie starts a little slow. Took me a while to get into it and there were moments where it just came off a bit awkward. Pretty much all the actors who played the famous characters of the past (Hemingway, Gertrude Stein, the Fitzgerald's...) were awkward and not very convincing. When the story focused more on the individual relationships between the characters it went a lot better. As the movie progressed, it got better and better.

I'll leave it at that, I don't want to give away any major points. If you like Woody Allen, you'll like this movie. If you like Owen Wilson, you'll like this movie. If you like Rachel McAdams, well, she is kind of annoying in the movie so maybe you won't like this movie so much.