We'll Never Have Paris 2014

4.918 / 10   96 vote(s)
R
Comedy Romance

Quinn, a neurotic man, is diagnosed with a harmless eye condition and soon after his life spirals out of control. He second-guesses his plans to propose to his longtime girlfriend, Devon, after his beautiful coworker, Kelsey, confesses that she has a crush on him. After a conversation with his best friend, Jameson, he clumsily tries to explain his doubts to Devon, but his possible proposal turns into a break-up. When Devon flees to Paris, he follows her in a last-ditch effort to win back "the one."

Release Date 2014-10-01
Runtime 1h 29m
Directors Jocelyn Towne, Simon Helberg, Polly Morgan
Producers Marc Platt, Kevin Scott Frakes, Daniel Wagner, Steffen Aumueller, Zülfikar Güzelgün, Carrie Menke, Hollis Hill, Rodney Baty, Cassian Elwes, Katie Mustard, Robert Ogden Barnum, Simon Helberg, Jocelyn Towne, Judd Rubin, Guillaume Dreyfus
Writer Simon Helberg

Decent watch, probably won't watch again, and can't recommend.

I like Simon Helberg as an actor, but there is so little about this character that makes me care about him at all. And I like Melanie Lynskey, as an actor, and she's pretty too, but with Maggie Grace and her character, even from his perspective, it doesn't make any sense why there is a story here at all, he should just be with Kelsey.

I'll digress a bit, but he's just the embodiment of problems, and she's just using time invested as an excuse to keep torturing herself with a relationship she finds taxing with little benefit. Most of the movie is about how they're scared they've both sheltered themselves too much and might be making a mistake. It seems like they go and prove themselves right, and still come to an obvious and stereotypical conclusion.

None of this should be spoilers, it's a very blatant formulaic "break up because I want to know what else is out there" cliche of a movie, with all the standard features.

I'm not going to say you're wasting your time on this, but I will say that there are probably better movies out there to watch.

Kamurai