Name: Paris Je T'aime
Director: Isabel Coixet
Released: 2006

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Olivier Assayas, Gus Van Sant, Wes Craven and Alfonso Cuaron are among the 20 distinguished directors who contribute to this collection of 18 stories, each exploring a different aspect of Parisian life. The colourful characters in this drama include a pair of mimes, a husband trying to chose between his wife and his lover, and a married man who turns to a prostitute for advice.

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Steve BuscemiTouriste (Tuileries)
Natalie PortmanFrancine (Faubourg Saint-Denis)
Willem DafoeLe cow-boy (Place des Victoires)
Maggie GyllenhaalLiz (Quartier des Enfants Rouges)
Axel KienerAxel (Tuileries)
Julie BatailleJulie (Tuileries)
Bruno PodalydèsL'automobiliste (Montmartre)
Florence MullerJeune Femme (Montmartre)
Fanny ArdantFanny Forestier (Pigalle)
Leïla BekhtiZarka (Quais de Seine)

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TV Guide Magazine
As is always the case with compilation films, some segments are far better than others. But they're all so brief that the least of them passes quickly and the best are small miracles of economical storytelling.
75
New York Daily News
Bittersweet, funny, sad and invariably romantic.
67
The A.V. Club
Because Paris, Je T'Aime's episodes are so short, the duds don't stick around long enough to grate much. But the good ones also don't get to explore their assigned Parisian spaces as much as they could.
60
The Hollywood Reporter
Being in Paris is to be inside a work of art, and it is no surprise that in the charming collection of vignettes that make up Paris je t'aime, the art is love.
60
The New York Times
A cinematic tasting menu consisting entirely of amuse-bouches. After two hours of such tidbits the palate is sated. But if there is no need for a main course, you still leave feeling vaguely disappointed at not being served one.
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The New Republic
The real pleasure is in having a film that is like a box of assorted chocolates: you have the power to approve or not as you move through the variety, even though the bits are picked for you.
50
Chicago Reader
Most features composed of sketches by different filmmakers are wildly uneven. This one is consistently mediocre or slightly better, albeit pleasant and watchable. It helps that none of the episodes runs longer than five or six minutes.
50
Variety
Uneven but quite pleasant as a two-hour experience that acknowledges the idealized Paris people carry in their heads while wisely veering off the beaten track.

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