Midnight in Paris

Owen Wilson (Shanghai Noon, Zoolander) making a first appearance on the blog in a leading role (and maybe his first ever appearance to this blog). Not a huge fan of him generally, I find him to be irritating and not a particularly good actor but as always this film was picked by it's constant appearance on a movie poster quiz rather than me reading the review and deciding to select it.

Rachel McAdams comes back in for another feature on the blog and yes I realise that she was on this quite recently but I couldn't care less about that, if they are good like then having her constantly appear in films can only make the films better. As always there was no mistaking her and the combination of her and Martin Sheen (Kingdom of Heaven, Frost/Nixon) only cast a massive shadow over Owen Wilson. He was about as good as he will ever get but that is not saying a lot. It would be unfair to say that Rachel McAdams (Sherlock Holmes, About Time, Mean Girls, The Notebook) was utterly outstanding but she was good, as was Martin Sheen.

Tom Hiddleston was the surprise. I did not recognise him at all. Only after bringing up IMDB to search for someone else in this film did I see his name and then make the connection. Yes it was a minor supporting role but it was good nonetheless.

The plot for this film is actually what makes it a good film. The idea of Paris in the day being in the now and Paris at Midnight being in a different time continuum, allowing our main character to meet the likes of Hemingway, Picasso and Scott Fitzgerald is a fantastic idea, it's just a shame that casting Owen Wilson was a massive mistake. Regardless of the casting the film is actually worth watching. The scenery is lovely and stunning to admire.