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  • Summary: While waiting for a heart transplant that could save his life, Pierre reunites with his sister and her lively children. This rediscovery of his family and observation of the teeming streets outside his window give Pierre hope, and a new sense of how he might spend the time still left to him. A cinematic love letter to the city that seems to hide a story behind every shop window, small alley, street market or grand apartment building, the film explores the life and love possible only in PARIS. Expand
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  1. Positive: 16 out of 21
  2. Negative: 0 out of 21
  1. Klapisch's masterstroke was to place at the center of a movie a man, forced by circumstances, to stop and simply observe.
  2. Has a mature tapestry of characters, a welcome sense of humor and, most crucially, a lovely Juliette Binoche.
  3. The actors, remarkable and seasoned, take care of their end of things, stylishly and (when and where it can be arranged) truthfully.
  4. Reviewed by: Gregory Valens
    60
    Paris is a bittersweet film containing rare moments of comedy.

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  1. Positive: 1 out of 2
  2. Negative: 0 out of 2
  1. AnthonyB.
    10
    Powerful. Wonderful film. For those out there condemning the film for it's bleakness, you are very unaware of it's purpose. It';s obvious Where The Wild Things Are has affected you deeply with it's near perfect representation of the human condition. What's so remarkable about this film is it's ability to express so much with such subtlety. No spoon-feeding needed. It's a painfully beautiful story full of monstrous and disorienting emotions; the core of humanity. This is not just a film for children(which it is,) but a film for any rational, inquiring, and compassionate person. So many people are arguing over whether it's appropriate for children. That the story too frightening and too adult. Not true. I remember these emotions. I remember these thoughts. Children are not and should not be excluded from humanity. Imagination is a person's mechanism for exploring life and it's challenges. It's often terrifying and it's often melancholy. Children will appreciate this movie and, with hope, be forced to think. It's foolish to believe children are devoid of confronting fears we all have. Expand
  2. Pats
    4
    Two hours of misery, boredom, and irritation redeemed (?) by a ten-minute final sermon to ":seize the day." I sure wish that I had seized this beautiful fall afternoon in Minneapolis rather than sitting in a theater watching people whose vapid lives annoyed me. Hey, people, you can choose your attitude about things. You create many of the conditions in your lives by your behavior. Grow up! Grow out to others. And this comes from a retired French teacher, lover of Paris and most things French but, come to think of it, not of Parisian ennui. Expand

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