Plot: A writer who wishes to write about the classical past which he loves is battered by his wife, her parents and her friends during a family holiday in Paris. When on one day he takes a stroll to avoid their bickering, he suddenly gets to the past and meets the likes of Fitzgerald, Hemingway etc. He eventually realises that he has to break up with his girl as their tastes donot match at all.
Highliights:
- Even though the subject has been dealt with in the past, the premise chosen for showing the writer's delusion is fresh and Woody Allen gets the viewer to the past.
- Owen Wilson comes up with an effortless yet impactful performance and his love and reverence for the legends from the past is evident in the scenes he meets them.
- The way Paris is captured in the first three-four minutes is amazing and the rest of the film is as poetic as that.
- The scene that Woody uses to stress the point - for every generation, the past seems better than the present - is brilliant.
Nostalgic tribute to the 1920s writers!
