Owen Wilson plays Gil – a successful but unsatisfied Hollywood writer who joins his fiancée’s (Rachel McAdams) family in Paris for a few weeks.  One night when his fiancée Inez is dancing with old friend and inaccurate know-it-all Paul (Michael Sheen), Gil goes for a walk around Paris and winds up in the Paris of the 1920s.

He meets all kinds of famous writers, painters and one very fascinating and beautiful woman (Marion Cotillard).

A little knowledge about art history and classic literature will help you get a few of the more subtle jokes. I found the parade of writers and painters a little strange at first but I quickly got excited when a new one would enter. Tom Hiddleston as F. Scott Fitzgerald, Kathy Bates as Gertrude Stein and I may’ve squealed when they brought in Salvador Dali played by Adrien Brody.

Midnight in Paris has some deep truths about discontentment, nostalgia and creativity. Although the film dabbles in some strong aspects of human yearning it never becomes too dark. The atmosphere continues to be witty, light and charming.

I’m going to admit my own shortcomings as a film enthusiast. This is actually the first Woody Allen film I’ve seen, but judging by how much I loved this one- it won’t be my last.