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Paris Je T'aime (2007)

Reviewed by Owen Gleiberman | May 09, 2007

Owen Gleiberman

Owen Gleiberman is a film critic for EW

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Details Limited Release: May 04, 2007; Rated: R; Length: 120 Minutes; Genre: Romance; With: Steve Buscemi, Catalina Sandino Moreno and Gaspard Ulliel

$\'JE T\'AIME\' IS TRUE Natalie Portman is one of the familiar faces in Paris, a surprisingly appealing collection of short...$

'JE T'AIME' IS TRUE Natalie Portman is one of the familiar faces in Paris, a surprisingly appealing collection of short films about romance in the City of Light

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Anthology films usually work better in theory than execution, but this feature parade of shorts is a blithe, worldly, and enchanting exception. Paris, Je T'aime is an 18-canto love poem not just to Paris but to the romantic dislocations of urban life. The highlights include Joel and Ethan Coen's antic subway tale, with Steve Buscemi trapped in a metro station; Walter Salles and Daniela Thomas' definitive tweak of the class contradictions of nannies and their employers; and, best of all, Alexander Payne's sublime snapshot of a hilariously stunted middle-American tourist (Margo Martindale) who, on the loneliest of vacations, witnesses the birth of her soul.

Originally posted May 09, 2007 Published in issue #934 May 18, 2007 Order article reprints

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