Midnight in Paris tells the story of Gil (played by Owen Wilson) a successful Hollywood writer who is struggling to make the cross over from screen writer to novelist. Gil holds a great nostalgia for Paris in the 1920's so when Gil's fiancee Inez' (Rachel McAdams) parents travel to Paris for business the couple tag along. It soon becomes apparent that the couple want completely different things.
The fun starts when Gil takes a midnight stroll around the city only to be picked up at midnight in an old Peugeot by Scot Fitzgerald to the 1920s where Gil meets Cole Porter, The Fitzgeralds, Hemingway, Josephine Barker, Dali and a whole host of other artists of the era including Adrianna the mistress of Picasso who catches Gils eye.
I absolutely adored this movie and found it simply enchanting. The hubby and I especially liked playing 'guess the 1920s bohemian' so all through the movie was cries of 'that's Hemingway' 'that's Cole Porter' 'that's Josephine Barker'. The movie was definitely cutesier than I imagined from the trailer and I'm still not sure I like Owen Wilson as an actor but I still loved every bit of it.
By the by this movie made me fall in love with Paris again. If i'm honest I think I may just be in love with Paris in the movies and I know from experience its not like that in real life!
Midnight in Paris is out at cinemas now but in the meantime enjoy the trailer:
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