Woody Allen puts out a movie a year, a fact that puts him at an immediate disadvantage. While most of his films have good central ideas, they tend to get clouded by mediocre details due to what I can only imagine to be grossly insufficient time and effort. “Midnight In Paris,” however, is an example of what Allen can do when he takes the time to really polish a script and work out the nuances. This film is filled with several familiar Allen tropes, but here he makes them work. This may be because the story is such a perfect vehicle for his style.
“Midnight” is beautifully shot and really low-key, never careening into the melodrama or high-camp comedy that has been his downfall in the past. Rather, “Midnight” feels like a comfortable, leisurely stroll through the very city of its setting. What a great surprise for the early Summer season.
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