94 min - Comedy - Fantasy - "Magic Realism" - Romance
Written and Directed by Woody Allen
2011 USA
As a writer, isn't it everyone's fantasy to meet the literary greats? Throw in the heady mix of Picasso, Monet, Dali, a surrealist and philosopher or two, 1920s Golden Age of music, wine and dance and you've got yourself one heck of a wild imaginal trip!
Gil (Owen Wilson) is a Hollywood screenwriter and considers himself a "hack". He's on a journey to write a truly inspired literary novel though is having immense difficulty. Inez (Rachel McAdams) his fiance isn't exactly supportive, along with her "old moneyed" parents (Kurt Fuller and Mimi Kennedy).
In classic Woody Allen style, it's clear Gil and Inez aren't meant for each other... though insecure, and perhaps naive Gil persists with the relationship while the whole time dreaming about walking in the Parisian rain and being born into the wrong era.
Lost in the streets of Paris one evening the clock chimes midnight and suddenly a vintage yellow Rolls Royce comes to his rescue - inside are of course F. Scott & Zelda Fitzgerald.
Owen Wilson plays this character perfectly! And for those who have remarked Australian audiences are lazy (sorry Margaret P)... I challenge you to indulge in this wonderful fantasy and witty dialogue.
It's one of those film scripts you wish you had of written - if only you'd thought of it first. Loved every minute of it. Showing Nationally now.
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