Phillim . . . whimsy alert though. 20 little mismatched hip movies, some awfully clever, some sweet, about the world's prettiest big city. Altogether it's too long (as these things always are) but one can fast forward, pick and choose.Gus Van Sant's and Wes Craven's pieces are my faves.And ten stars just for showing Père Lachaise Cemetery, and me screaming, 'Oh please go to Oscar Wilde's tomb!' -- and the movie following my request immediately! Yes! Pure movie super-real magic!

hall895 Try to cram eighteen different stories into two hours and you're going to end up with something which, as a whole, is rather uneven. Such is the case with Paris, je t'aime. This is less one movie and more eighteen movies which happen to be shown in succession. The only common denominator is the setting, Paris. Eighteen different stories, told by eighteen different directors, featuring eighteen different casts. Some famous directors, some largely unknown. Some stories feature famous performers, others feature performers who are completely anonymous. There are little comedies, little dramas, little romances, little tragedies. It's quite the ebb and flow, you never know what's coming next. At least you know that if you're not enjoying what you're watching in a given moment there will be something entirely different coming along shortly.All in all it's an interesting experiment, buoyed by mostly interesting stories. A few of the mini-movies don't work or seem out of place. In a movie full of ordinary stories about ordinary life in Paris a vampire segment is a little jarring and bizarre. There's a story centered around a Chinatown beauty salon which is quite incomprehensible. A few of the stories fall rather flat. But on the other hand a few of the stories are actually quite brilliant. Most fall somewhere in between. At its best Paris, je t'aime is really good and even at its worst it's not truly terrible. The film may wear you down by the end, there's the sense that maybe there are three or four stories too many. But even if the film does start to drag it manages to pick itself up and get moving again. Such is the benefit of having an entirely new story every few minutes. Everyone will have their own favorite segments. There is something here for everyone. Fittingly the final segment is essentially a love letter to Paris. Margo Martindale plays Carol, a middle-aged American tourist extolling the virtues of the city in truly terrible, amateurish French. Carol may not have mastered the language but the sentiment is clear and sincere. She loves Paris. Simple. There is obviously much to love about the city and in Paris, je t'aime all the different directors with all their different stars do the city justice. It's an up-and-down movie, by its very nature inconsistent. But it's a unique ride, one worth taking.

bbewnylorac I felt this film catered very much to an American market, but within that, it took risks and didn't take itself too seriously. It was refreshing to see a different side of Paris with Steve Buscemi getting mugged. I, too, have been to one of those Metro stations where things can get quite seedy and you find yourself alone. The story about the Spanish girl forced to leave her baby to be an au pair to a rich woman across town was also quite unusual and illuminating. The mime sequence was silly, but it was funny. The vampire sequence was just silly. Natalie Portman's episode as the American dating a blind man was quite moving. Maggie Gyllenhaal's segment as a drug addicted actor was also moving and an interesting take on an actor abroad. I found the final segment of the American tourist (Margo Martindale) unexpectedly moving. She is enthralled by all the tourist sights, with a voice-over of her giving a talk about it to her French class back home. Here was someone with a genuine affection for Paris and for France. Sure it was kitsch and her French was crude, but it really rang true, and it went beautifully with the film's theme of a love story -- for her, love was having a picnic in the park with a sandwich in Paris. And it was not a bad thing to do at all.

sammy A two hour feature focusing on Paris, it's culture, love and people, Paris je Tame does that. A team Of 20 odd directors and one theme. Different perspectives. Different takes, some humorous , some serious, some thought provoking , others casual. Sometimes, painfully simple, sometimes ambiguous, sometimes uncertain , sometimes complex.Inspite of this variety , a very ordinary movie. Basically only a few of the segments are worth watching. Some are badly clichéd. Some unforgivably terse. Even the acting follows the suit of the Direction.A movie which , speaking succinctly , is the death knell for experimental Cinema.I had to watch the movie in four sittings, for after a while it got to me pretty badly , in a revolting sort of way. It was quite a bore feature actually.Among my favourite segments were Parc Monceau , Tuileries Faubourg Saint-Denis ,Bastille . It's not that the others were bad. Emily Mortimer acted well. So did the other actors like Margo Martindale , Rufus Sewell etc.Intelligently conceived yet poorly executed , I didn't like it .But then taken individually each segment may appeal to different people and this may help the audience to take a favourable view of the movie . May I'll too, later in life when I get personally acquainted with the concept of "LOVE" and the City Of Paris.