LyceeM16 I love French cinema and Paris - but did not have high hopes for this film. I rented it because I was missing Paris and could tell that the film would have great shots of Paris- and it did. I have never cared for Binoche. I found the beginning of the film to be hackneyed and trite. The character of the professor was off-putting and a bit creepy. Nevertheless- by the end of the film, I was won over and I think the film is good but not great. One of my favorite activities (shared by many visitors to Paris) in Paris is watching the life swirl around me on the streets and in the surrounding houses. This film captures this experience. We are brought into the interlocking worlds of a number of characters whose lives intersect in ways they do and do not perceive. Although there are some truly clunky aspects (the affair between student and prof was not credible, the young man's illness seemed to be conveyed in an unconvincing manner, the last-minute intersection of the professor and the dying man, the motorcycle accident, the fashionistas in the warehouse) of this conceit in the film, the melange is ultimately messy, unresolved, and poignant. One is left with a true appreciation for the people whose lives touch our own.Some of the best scenes: the small-minded owner of a boulangerie the party scene (what great dancing) the father-to-be the cruelty of the young student the tenderness between the fruit seller and Elise Elise and her childrenThe last scene- where the (possibly) dying man looks upon his nieces and nephew, says good bye to this sister, and takes a cab to the hospital- was just like the film itself- hackneyed, trite,and clunky in places ---but ultimately true-to-life, messy, unresolved, poignant and somewhat magical.

pforpoed Journey to Paris. Watch the sun rise from the steps of the Sacre Couer. Have your midday meal along the Champ Elysee before climbing atop the Arc de Triomphe less than 50 paces away. Catch the last lift up to the top of the Tour Eiffel that evening and reflect on where you've been. If you're like me, contemplative and curious, it is hard not to go from one place to another, gazing back at where you've been (from the highest point of any of these sites, the other two are visible), contemplating the people you've seen in passing, wondering who they are or what their lives entail. Paris, the film, is reminiscent of watching my home videos of my last trip to the City of Lights and focusing on the strangers in the background, strangers I will never meet or see again, yet forever they are captured on my camera. Although the synopsis of this film focuses on the Juliette Binoche character, this is really an ensemble piece, like Altman's Nashville or Short Cuts, or the first two-thirds of P. T. Anderson's Magnolia (which degenerates to fantasy in its final third). Unlike those well-made American films, however, Paris is populated with characters whose intersecting lives feel less than forced. Most of the connections are no more clearcut than the connection you have with the woman on the street for whom you held open a door. And yet, each life is quietly beautiful in its own right, subtle and often unresolved. The film's final image will not so much take your breath away as inspire you to look out your own window, be still, and look for the beauty of your own passing moments.

ardenners I simply enjoyed this film. It was a treat to see a modern film that was warm, intelligent and and at times very funny. Most of the characters were a joy,although perhaps one or two were a bit lame. The photography was crisp and occasionally beautiful in certain situations. The soundtrack was terrific including classical, rock and roll and modern music.The film could have been a masterpiece but it was slightly flawed as it tried to do too much with too many characters. However, I would recommend it highly and class it as one of the best foreign film I have seen.

dbborroughs Pierre, a dancer with a potentially fatal heart disease watches Paris from the balcony of his Apartment.Love letter to Paris is a fantastic looking film (add it to my list of films to have playing on large screen TV's instead of paintings) that didn't connect to me emotionally. Its too scattered a film with lots of people and characters and moments as life in the city goes on. It looks good but by a half an hour or so I was wondering why I was watching when the people didn't interest me as much as the eye candy. Its not bad, and I'm sure had I ever gone to Paris I would have loved it, but as it is too much candy and not enough substance.