Synopsis
NYPD detectives Luis and Eddie visit Paris to help gorgeous French designer Colette catch the black market thief who's ripped off her new handbag design. While Luis' girlfriend Vanessa and Eddie's wife Gloria remain in New York, the hopelessly unhip odd couple stumble through a glamorous high-fashion world brimming with charming cafes, wild nightclubs and corporate treachery.
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Cast
- Luis GuzmánLuis
- Edgar GarciaEddie
- Alice TaglioniColette
- Miriam ShorSargent Nora
- Lilou FogliKate
- Julie FerrierFrancesca
- Charlotte MangelLudivine
- Frédéric AnscombreVincent
- Michaël CohenJerome
- Rosie PerezGloria
Recommendations
- 70
Village Voice
Ian Edelman's comedy Puerto Ricans in Paris is a much sweeter film than its Snakes on a Plane–caliber title would suggest. - 63
Movie Nation
Guzman makes even the most trite moment — hailing a taxi in oh-so-tolerant Paris — amusing. - 63
Chicago Sun-Times
Guzman and Garcia (reunited from HBO’s “How to Make It in America”) are a joy to watch, and deliver their lines with just enough nuance to make them truly endearing. - 50
Arizona Republic
A movie with a title like Puerto Ricans in Paris comes with certain expectations. Low ones. Thanks to the efforts of Luis Guzman — and they are mighty — Ian Edelman's slight film manages to rise above them. Not by much, but above them, still. - 50
Los Angeles Times
Despite an energetic set-up, the broad script fails to deliver the anticipated goods once the action relocates to Paris. - 50
The New York Times
The longtime friends Mr. Guzmán and Mr. Garcia have an unforced chemistry. But the effective jokes land too rarely. You’ll be ready to leave when the trip is over. - 42
The A.V. Club
Guzmán has been a delightful presence in countless movies over the years, and it’s neat to see him take on an unambiguously leading role, especially one focusing on two Puerto Rican characters. But the movie’s Luis is a surprisingly dull Ugly American. - 40
Variety
Luis Guzmán and Edgar Garcia give the project much more than it ever gives them, sustaining audience interest and generating mild amusement more or less through sheer force of will as they amble through a threadbare plot.
