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Forget Paris

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Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Bill walton cant act and he played basketball AND HES NOT
Review: 1 of the 50 best ever what is wrong with people??? How can a LOSER have 3 good years and still be 1 of the 50 best?????????

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: ENCHANTING........
Review: A PINT SIZED BASKETBALL REFEREE,A DEAD BODY AND THE EIFFEL TOWER.WHAT DO YOU GET?YOU GET A QUIRKY CUTE LOVE STORY STARRING BILLY CRYSTAL AND DEBRA WINGER.
THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVOURITE FILMS TO WATCH OVER AND OVER.THE WAY THE STORY IS LAID OUT IS ORIGINAL,AND WITH ALL THE ANTICS THAT GO ON YOU WOULD BE MAD TO MISS IT!!
WATCH OUT FOR THE BIRD ON HEAD SCENE-ITS HILARIOUS!!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: pure entertainment and great one-liners
Review: Although the part of Ellen seems miscast with Debra Winger, somehow it works. Billy Crystal as Mickey is typically Billy....quick, animated, witty, and entertaining minute to minute. What a great gift of fun to give to someone who might need a laugh. I can't wait til Billy charms us with another movie!

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: good film
Review: Billy Crystal does a good job in this film.he has Chemistry with Debra WInger.as a Referee he is very amusing.this film is good but it's still not on the Level of When Harry Met Sally.but this film is good and works out well.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: The Circle of Friends Tell the Tale
Review: Crystal is at his warmest and funniest and Winger her most endearing in this classic romance. Irresistably drawn in by the roller coaster relationship between the rigid referee (Crystal) and the classy lady (Winger), you will love the round-the-table recounting of their story by their closest friends. A very satisfying film we have watched and rewatched a dozen times or more, you will never forget "Forget Paris".

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: romantic comedy wins despite itself
Review: Debra Winger and Billy Crystal are surprisingly well matched in this romantic comedy. The two meet in Paris where Mickey Gordon (Crystal) has come to bury is father, a WWII vet for whom Mickey had little love. When papa's coffin gets lost, it falls to Ellen Andrews (Winger), an airline exec to help him out. Paris is magical, and they fall in love. Unfortunately, while there love endures, that Parisian spark doesn't survive the wedding. Crystal's bachelor life proves harder to leave behind than he thought (Mickey has what amounts to Bill Crystal's dream job - as an utterly fearless NBA ref - but may have to sacrifice it; He may also have to bear living with Winger's dementia-plagued father played by William Hickey). She may have to bear the obvious unhappiness of causing Mickey to lose his dream job, not to mention his loutish friends, including Joe Mantegna as a sportswriter, and primetime TV vet John Spencer ("LA Law", "West Wing") as a serial divorcee who derisively refers to his latest spouse as "the new Mrs. Jack."

If "Paris" is uneven it's because it's trying to be a romantic comedy that is often not very romantic or that funny. Still, the flick knows when to light things up (much of the story is told over dinner by Mickey's friends - especially Mantegna who display's a reporter's knack for knowing where his audience's attentions will flag, and a gift for reclaiming them) and in the end, romance wins.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: romantic comedy wins despite itself
Review: Debra Winger and Billy Crystal are surprisingly well matched in this romantic comedy. The two meet in Paris where Mickey Gordon (Crystal) has come to bury is father, a WWII vet for whom Mickey had little love. When papa's coffin gets lost, it falls to Ellen Andrews (Winger), an airline exec to help him out. Paris is magical, and they fall in love. Unfortunately, while there love endures, that Parisian spark doesn't survive the wedding. Crystal's bachelor life proves harder to leave behind than he thought (Mickey has what amounts to Bill Crystal's dream job - as an utterly fearless NBA ref - but may have to sacrifice it; He may also have to bear living with Winger's dementia-plagued father played by William Hickey). She may have to bear the obvious unhappiness of causing Mickey to lose his dream job, not to mention his loutish friends, including Joe Mantegna as a sportswriter, and primetime TV vet John Spencer ("LA Law", "West Wing") as a serial divorcee who derisively refers to his latest spouse as "the new Mrs. Jack."

If "Paris" is uneven it's because it's trying to be a romantic comedy that is often not very romantic or that funny. Still, the flick knows when to light things up (much of the story is told over dinner by Mickey's friends - especially Mantegna who display's a reporter's knack for knowing where his audience's attentions will flag, and a gift for reclaiming them) and in the end, romance wins.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: romantic comedy wins despite itself
Review: Debra Winger and Billy Crystal are surprisingly well matched in this romantic comedy. The two meet in Paris where Mickey Gordon (Crystal) has come to bury is father. When papa's coffin gets lost, it falls to Ellen Andrews (Winger) to help him out. Paris is magical, and they fall in love. Unfortunately, while they remain in love, their marriage is stretched when they lose that Parisian spark. Crystal's bachelor life proves harder to leave behind than he thought (Crystal's character has what amounts to Crystal's dream job - as an utterly fearless NBA ref - but may have to sacrifice it. He may also have to bear Winger's dementia-plagued father (William Hickey). She may have to bear the obvious unhappiness of causing Mickey to lose his dream job, not to mention his loutish friends, including Joe Mantegna as a sportswriter, and primetime TV vet John Spencer as a serial divorcee who dismisses his latest spouse as "the new Mrs. Jack."

If "Paris" is uneven it's because it's trying to be a romantic comedy that is often not very romantic or that funny. Still, the flick knows when to light things up (much of the story is told over dinner by Mickey's friends - especially Mantegna who display's a reporter's knack for knowing where his audience's attentions will flag, and a gift for reclaiming them) and in the end, romance wins.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Charming
Review: Forget Paris is indeed a charming romantic comedy. Billy Crystal is his usual wise cracking self and Debra Winger fits in decently as his love interest. I like the way the story seems to weave as each of the supporting cast members relate an amusing anecdote about our star couple. Several hillarious moments include when Crystal and Winger are in therapy and the reactions of the different psychologists. Love Crystal's retort to a couple psychologist team,"When do you get involved, when there is gunplay!"

Overall, the story is pretty similar to When Harry Met Sally. In some ways its a little irrealsitic. Nonetheless, there are some comedic moments that will keep you amused.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: A good story that's funny and original!
Review: Genuinely funny and original! From the opening, you'll be both touched and thoroughly entertained by this truly romantic comedy!

Billy Crystal is wonderful as a slightly neurotic basketball referee and Debra Winger is convincing as an ascending career woman who finds herself torn between love, Paris, and her job.

Highly recommended.


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