Greenbelters Review Woody Allen's 'Midnight in Paris'

Welcome Patch's Tugwell Theatre Group, where local movie buffs share their thoughts about films at the . With four pops being the best rating a movie can grab, find out how popcorn-worthy your neighbors deem this week's show.

SHEILA MAFFAY-TUTHILL

Gives "Midnight in Paris" 3 out of 4 pops of popcorn   ☼☼☼

You will leave the theater with a smile on your face and a burning desire to purchase an airplane ticket to the beautiful and incomparable Paris. You will also be pretty impressed with an old romantic named Woody Allen.

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ANNA SOCRATES

Weighs in with 3 and 1/2 pops   ☼☼☼+1/2

If you ask me which superpower I covet most, I almost always answer, “the ability to time-travel.” My desire to escape an unromantic present is shared by Owen Wilson, who stars as the protagonist of Woody Allen’s latest film, “Midnight in Paris.” Gil, Wilson’s character, is unhappy with his screenwriting career, uninspired with the novel he is writing, and uneasy with his materialistic fiancée, Inez, played by an overripe Rachel McAdams.

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BAILEY HENNEBERG

Is not as enthusiastic and gives it 2 and 3/4 pops   ☼☼+3/4

The audience is spared death by talking, in part, through Wilson's deft delivery of Allen's lines. Although a bit Purple Rose of France, the scintillating tapestry we encounter when meandering back to 1920s Paris begins to make up for the film's shortcomings.

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