Rotten
If you're a Francophile, it may be worth a look. But it's no Moulin Rouge.
Calvin Wilson, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Paris 36
Music halls, romance, and danger. This is Paris, 1936.
2008 · 2h · PG-13
Drama
Directed by
Christophe Barratier
Overview
A star is born in a time of both celebration and instability in this historical drama with music from director Christophe Barratier. In the spring of 1936, Paris is in a state of uncertainty; while the rise of the Third Reich in Germany worries many, a leftist union-oriented candidate, Léon Blum, has been voted into power, and organized labor is feeling its new power by standing up to management.
Director and cast
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63%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Essentially a pastiche, as musty as a flea market.
Andrea Gronvall, Chicago Reader
Rotten
Paris 36 is a handsomely made French musical that never really soars.
Mike Mayo, Washington Post
Fresh
An utterly charming and sentimental French melodrama with music, a nostalgic look backstage and back in history.
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
Fresh
Paris 36 is perhaps overlong for what it is, and it's certainly feather-light, but it gives its watcher an uncomplicated pleasure; like looking through a faded scrapbook, filled with memories once bright.
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
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