Paris, Je T'Aime (Paris, I Love You)
starring: Natalie Portman, Elijah Wood, Juliette Binoche, Steve Buscemi, Catalina Sandino Moreno
directed by: Alexander Payne, Wes Craven, Gus Van Sant, Tom Tykwer, Vincenzo Natali
directed by: Alexander Payne, Wes Craven, Gus Van Sant, Tom Tykwer, Vincenzo Natali
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Through the neighborhods of paris love is veiled revealed sucked dry reinvented and awakened.Studio: First Look Home EntertainRelease Date: 12/16/2008Starring: Natalie PortmanRun time: 110 minutesRating: R
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Even with the impressive talent involved, Paris, je t'aime could've ended up like a fallen soufflé. Though all 18 films aren't equally successful, they hit the mark more often than not. Romantics anticipating happy love stories set amongst the City of Lights may be disappointed to find that many are quite sad and that some parts of Paris are less inviting than others (each takes place in a different district). Further, the shorts aren't all en Français, since the actors and directors hail from around the world, but their outsider perspectives lend the project depth. The strongest entries are provided by Gurinder Chadha (Quais De Seine), Gus Van Sant (Le Marais), Oliver Schmitz (Place des Fêtes), and Alexander Payne (14ème Arrondissement), but all find interesting ways to explore cultural misunderstandings. In Joel and Ethan Coen's tragic-comic Tuileries, tourist Steve Buscemi angers a couple simply by making eye contact. Like Miranda Richardson in Isabelle Coixet's heartbreaking Bastille, he does all his acting with his expressive face. And while Maggie Gyllenhaal speaks the language adroitly in Olivier Assayas's intriguing Quartier des Enfants Rouges, Nick Nolte (purposefully) mangles it in Alfonso Cuarón's surprisingly weak Parc Monceau. The anthology ends with Payne's audio-postcard, in which Margo Martindale's postal carrier narrates her vacation in awkward, but endearing French. Instead of another person, she falls in love with Paris, simply for allowing her to be herself. It's the perfect finish to a poignant repast, like strawberries dipped in chocolate--sweet, but not cloyingly so. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
Through the neighborhods of paris love is veiled revealed sucked dry reinvented and awakened.Studio: First Look Home EntertainRelease Date: 12/16/2008Starring: Natalie PortmanRun time: 110 minutesRating: R
Amazon.com:
Even with the impressive talent involved, Paris, je t'aime could've ended up like a fallen soufflé. Though all 18 films aren't equally successful, they hit the mark more often than not. Romantics anticipating happy love stories set amongst the City of Lights may be disappointed to find that many are quite sad and that some parts of Paris are less inviting than others (each takes place in a different district). Further, the shorts aren't all en Français, since the actors and directors hail from around the world, but their outsider perspectives lend the project depth. The strongest entries are provided by Gurinder Chadha (Quais De Seine), Gus Van Sant (Le Marais), Oliver Schmitz (Place des Fêtes), and Alexander Payne (14ème Arrondissement), but all find interesting ways to explore cultural misunderstandings. In Joel and Ethan Coen's tragic-comic Tuileries, tourist Steve Buscemi angers a couple simply by making eye contact. Like Miranda Richardson in Isabelle Coixet's heartbreaking Bastille, he does all his acting with his expressive face. And while Maggie Gyllenhaal speaks the language adroitly in Olivier Assayas's intriguing Quartier des Enfants Rouges, Nick Nolte (purposefully) mangles it in Alfonso Cuarón's surprisingly weak Parc Monceau. The anthology ends with Payne's audio-postcard, in which Margo Martindale's postal carrier narrates her vacation in awkward, but endearing French. Instead of another person, she falls in love with Paris, simply for allowing her to be herself. It's the perfect finish to a poignant repast, like strawberries dipped in chocolate--sweet, but not cloyingly so. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
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- Paris Je t'aime
The most stupid movie I have ever seen. I don't what the title has to do with it, but it was a very ill conceived, stupid movie
Rating: 
- Great watch
If you love Paris and love quirky films this is for you. Not a blockbuster but a nice pleasant series of unrelated vignettes with Paris as the common theme. This is one you can start watching now go on to something else and come back to it hours days or week's later. I'm usually not a fan of short stories as I like to see things actually develop but would still recommend this to anyone who enjoys variety of a theme.
Rating: - Very Weiiiiird!
I was very disappointed with this movie. And what disappointed me more, is that many famous actors and actresses acted in it!
It's about a group of love stories taking place in Paris. However, they are mostly weird love stories. I never saw two vampies fall in love before (except interview with the vampire), however in this movie it seems Paris had an effect on two vampires in that sense.
It has too many short stories in this film that get you out of focus. You lose track ... Read More
Rating: 
- wildly uneven but can't beat the location
If you just can't find the time to take that trip to France this year, you at least have "Paris, Je T'Aime" to get you there and back in just a few short hours.A cinematic love-letter to the City of Enchantment, "Paris, Je T'Amie" is a compilation of eighteen very short films (most under six minutes in length), each crafted around the theme of love (this is France, after all!) and each set in its own unique quarter of the city.Each piece has also been helmed by a different director, some of them quite ... Read More
Rating: - Paris Je t'Aime
love storys by the pound never a clear ending for any but its more to instill loves many forms and situations
- Paris Je t'aimeThe most stupid movie I have ever seen. I don't what the title has to do with it, but it was a very ill conceived, stupid movie
- Great watchIf you love Paris and love quirky films this is for you. Not a blockbuster but a nice pleasant series of unrelated vignettes with Paris as the common theme. This is one you can start watching now go on to something else and come back to it hours days or week's later. I'm usually not a fan of short stories as I like to see things actually develop but would still recommend this to anyone who enjoys variety of a theme.
- Very Weiiiiird!I was very disappointed with this movie. And what disappointed me more, is that many famous actors and actresses acted in it!
It's about a group of love stories taking place in Paris. However, they are mostly weird love stories. I never saw two vampies fall in love before (except interview with the vampire), however in this movie it seems Paris had an effect on two vampires in that sense.
It has too many short stories in this film that get you out of focus. You lose track ... Read More
- wildly uneven but can't beat the locationIf you just can't find the time to take that trip to France this year, you at least have "Paris, Je T'Aime" to get you there and back in just a few short hours.A cinematic love-letter to the City of Enchantment, "Paris, Je T'Amie" is a compilation of eighteen very short films (most under six minutes in length), each crafted around the theme of love (this is France, after all!) and each set in its own unique quarter of the city.Each piece has also been helmed by a different director, some of them quite ... Read More
- Paris Je t'Aimelove storys by the pound never a clear ending for any but its more to instill loves many forms and situations
