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 We'll Never Have Paris We'll Never Have Paris Quote: We'll Never Have Paris is a 2015 American romantic comedy directed by Simon Helberg and Jocelyn Towne. It stars Helberg, Melanie Lynskey, Zachary Quinto, Maggie Grace, Jason Ritter and Alfred Molina. It was released theatrically in the United States on January 22, 2015.
The film is based on the real life engagement of star Simon Helberg to his wife, Jocelyn Towne.
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Algren
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We'll Never Have Paris
I enjoyed this. It had its funny moments and was basically just Helberg playing his same character from The Big Bang Theory. With his twitchy mannerisms, his foolhardy outbursts, and veneer of shyness, he was still pretty good even if he'll probably never shake off that character. Zachary Quinto plays a relaxed ex-travelling hippie that doesn't take life seriously and strolls around his flat basically wasting life (you know, to contrast Helberg's bunny-boiler personality), but it was refreshing to see Quinto in a role so devoid of the intensity he gives to everything else. Alfred Molina and Maggie Grace are the other notable names in the cast, but they don't really add much to the affair. They could have been played by anyone. I found this to have rather good lines of dialogue, which to me made it stand out a little more from the usual rom-com fare.
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Algren
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Re: We'll Never Have Paris The marketing has really played up the Paris-ness of this movie, but having seen it I can assure anyone that Paris only makes up a very small part of this film's content. Not even sure (without making up some dialogue myself) why it's called We'll Never Have Paris. The marketing also makes this look like your average Matthew McConaughey rom-com, but it's not in my opinion. It's not more intelligent or more serious or more heartfelt, it's just as light and formulaic but it's just not as flashy, and I suppose that comes down to Helberg, rightly or wrongly.
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Jmart
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Re: We'll Never Have Paris Algren wrote: The marketing has really played up the Paris-ness of this movie, but having seen it I can assure anyone that Paris only makes up a very small part of this film's content. Not even sure (without making up some dialogue myself) why it's called We'll Never Have Paris. The marketing also makes this look like your average Matthew McConaughey rom-com, but it's not in my opinion. It's not more intelligent or more serious or more heartfelt, it's just as light and formulaic but it's just not as flashy, and I suppose that comes down to Helberg, rightly or wrongly. Casablanca _________________My DVD Collection
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Algren
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Re: We'll Never Have Paris Jmart wrote: Algren wrote: The marketing has really played up the Paris-ness of this movie, but having seen it I can assure anyone that Paris only makes up a very small part of this film's content. Not even sure (without making up some dialogue myself) why it's called We'll Never Have Paris. The marketing also makes this look like your average Matthew McConaughey rom-com, but it's not in my opinion. It's not more intelligent or more serious or more heartfelt, it's just as light and formulaic but it's just not as flashy, and I suppose that comes down to Helberg, rightly or wrongly. Casablanca Ahhhhhhh, right. Yes. Ok, it makes sense now. Thanks. _________________STOP UIGHUR GENOCIDE IN XINJIANG
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Re: We'll Never Have Paris Forget Paris is also a pun on that.
There's a really funny Seinfeld episode that Courtney Cox plays Jerry's fake wife that plays with it too.
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