MaestroReviews

Deb and I are artists, painters actually. We go see films as often as once a week. That's right, we go to the theater and sit in a dark room with strangers to see movies. We rarely rent. We like "little" movies, foreign and documentary films. We try to stay away from mainstream and blockbusters whenever possible, but a couple sneak in each year. We seek out the obscure. We try to avoid violent movies, and that really limits our choices, most film makers seem to think violence makes a story interesting.
I try not to give anything away in the reviews, but offer an honest reaction.
We rate them 1~10, 10 being highest.

Thursday, May 9, 2013

Paris - Manhattan

Deb 10       Me 9

This was a really sweet little film. French with subtitles. When we sat down I had no idea what it was about or where it was going, but we both really enjoyed the ride. An odd thing was Woody Allen is one of the actors, not the auteur. Its not a Woody Allen movie, he's just in it. This might be something never done before. I mean Woody doesn't even act in his own movies these days, so to see him as an actor was a actually a treat. But Woody's presence is all through the film and couldn't exist without him. The story is like a distillation of his finer works, Manhattan and Annie Hall (and perhaps others) that showcases some of Allen's brilliance without the tedium of his insecurities.
Being French, the movie is filled with good looking people in the beautiful setting that is France. It's a nice story, with a few unexplained holes (which is why I dropped it to 9), but if you just accept what they give you I think you'll really enjoy watching it.
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