As a child of the 80's, magic became part of my cinematic vernacular.  As an adult, I find great amusement in magic in adult narratives.  This is why Midnight in Paris is such an enchanting, yet poignant, movie.

     Gil (Owen Wilson) is visiting Paris with his fiance, Inez (Rachel McAdams), in an attempt to escape his unfulfilling job as a Hollywood screenwriter.  With them are her parents, a douche bag with alterior motives and the douche bag's wife.  While escaping from the verbal hell they constantly dish him, he discovers a wormhole in time that takes him back to Paris in the 1920's.

     Woody Allen has proven time and time again that his is the stuff of genius.  And just when everyone had counted him out, he came back with the highest grossing film of his career.  A star-studded cast and a magnificent evironment for Gil to discover himself, Midnight in Paris will make you want to visit Paris, even if you had no desire to before.

 

     What Makes This Movie Cool:  Corey Stoll.  While the magic of the story, the believability of the actors and the Paris background definitely rack up the cool points, it's Corey Stoll's over-the-top, bombastic take on Ernest Hemingway that puts the veritable cherry on the sundae.  He's loud.  He's abrasive.  He's passionate.  And he's honest.  No punches are pulled, especially when he's drunk.