Midnight in Paris

Based largely on the recommendation of my brother, GRider and I took the opportunity of a rainy day afternoon to go to the movies to see the new Woody Allen flick, Midnight in Paris.We are prepared to offer an enthusiastic two thumbs up.

Neither of us is a huge fan of Woody. Woody isn't personally in this one even though the lead male character is clearly "Woody". The movie is part loving travelogue of Paris with lots of gorgeously photographed locations of very familiar places. It is also a trip through your liberal arts education with 20th century American novelists and every artist who ever lived in Paris being featured at some point in the film. Watch for Carla Bruni, the wife of French president Nicolas Sarkozy and her understated dismissal of "the pedantic one".

It was lots and lots of fun.