Forget Paris


Rating:★★★★★
Category:Movies
Genre: Romantic Comedy
There's this movie being shown in HBO Asia (could be for the rest of February - the Love Month), entitled "Forget Paris." Starts with hilarious missing casket scene and ends in a nice dinner party! And oh, if you are an NBA fan, this movie is a treat for you as well, since there are a lot of cameo appearances by your favorite NBA stars, e.g. Charles Barkley, David Robinson, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, and more.

The movie is top-billed by Billy Crystal as Mickey Gordon, an NBA Referee, and Debra Winger as Ellen Andrews described as "an independent working woman." The two met in Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris brought together by chance in a hilarious mix-up about a missing casket. Then Paris worked it's romantic magic on the couple and they fell in love. But unlike conventional love stories, Ellen and Mickey did not really live happily ever after...from time to time...or should I say sometimes... I like the way the story unfolds, i.e. flashbacks as visual aid to the narratives being told by friends in a dinner.

The comic Billy Crystal is just the right person, I think, for the brilliant, witty, and at times humorous dialogue, made all the more entertaining by the individual repartees from the other members of the cast, e.g. Joe Mategna of Baby's Day Out. And Debra Winger is just sweet.

This movie is a feel-good movie but in a helter-skelter kind of way. But the romance is first class.

So to all you romantics out there, forget Paris! Just catch it on HBO or drop by your nearest DVD rental shop. You'll fall in love (again). Guaranteed.

Comments

  1. CatH \(^_^)/February 10, 2010 at 12:39 PM

    full blast ang romantic gene ni Tochie this February! yeheee!

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  2. Tochie **February 10, 2010 at 1:03 PM

    Here's a song from the movie:

    april in paris mp3 | lyricsfree music downloads | music videos | pictures

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  3. Joey AquinoFebruary 10, 2010 at 4:19 PM

    Hi Tochie,

    Myra and I saw this romantic comedy movie long time ago and I highly recommend it. Great!

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  4. CatH \(^_^)/February 10, 2010 at 4:53 PM

    try natin April in Philippines na song...

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  5. louella alixFebruary 10, 2010 at 7:15 PM

    Gawd, Ella Fitzgerald and Louie Armstrong! Thank you for this song , Chito. They don't make love songs like this anymore. . .

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  6. Choie FunkFebruary 10, 2010 at 10:39 PM

    I have a DVD of this because I want to be able to watch it at whim...I love everything about it!
    Billy Crystal was sooooooooo funny, his lines are so witty, the pet shop scene with Debra Winger and the bird is just hilarious!
    Not to mention the antsy-lovable waiter at the restaurant, and...
    Oh God , I will never stop, hahahaha

    Thanks Toch!

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  7. Choie FunkFebruary 10, 2010 at 10:39 PM

    Forgot to rate it! :-)

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  8. louella alixFebruary 11, 2010 at 2:32 PM

    May nagbebenta pa ba nito? How did this get away from my sphere, huh?

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  9. Choie FunkFebruary 11, 2010 at 10:54 PM

    Guess what, Tita Loy?! I can make you a copy, pero let's watch it together!!!!! How? this very weekend, I hope you are in Cebu - because Glenn and I are coming!
    Why? It's one of those spur-of-the-moment, wala lang decisions!

    Yehey!!!!!!

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  10. Tochie **February 12, 2010 at 7:05 AM

    Happy Valentine's Day in Cebu! Don't pack anything. Leave the kids at home. Be lovers for a day (or two)! Forget about work! Cherish the moment caused by the spur!

    Forget Paris. Cebu is here. The new romantic get-away (at least for a day)!

    *But don't forget the siskwate*

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  11. Choie FunkFebruary 12, 2010 at 8:06 AM

    Thats the plan, hehehe :-)

    Thanks Toch!

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  12. CatH \(^_^)/February 12, 2010 at 3:10 PM

    yan naman pala! kaya naman pala at walang classes :-)

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  13. CatH \(^_^)/February 12, 2010 at 3:10 PM

    aside from the sikwate, marami pang wag kalimutan...

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  14. Choie FunkFebruary 12, 2010 at 10:30 PM

    Caaaaaaat! Are you still in Cebu this weekend? Can we meet up?

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  15. Tochie **February 13, 2010 at 12:09 AM

    Thanks for the "second the motion," Joey. Happy Valentine's Day to you and Myra.

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  16. Tochie **February 13, 2010 at 12:13 AM

    Yes Cat, why not. Ako din, tingin ko mas romantic and buwan ng Abril kesa Pebrero (kung dito sa atin sa Pinas). Kasi yan ang buwan when the fiesta season starts. And many a romance starts in a chance meeting in the fiesta hall dances.

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  17. Tochie **February 13, 2010 at 12:17 AM

    You're welcome Lou. They are two of my favorite jazz artists.

    And you're right. Love songs of long ago really evoke romance.

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  18. Tochie **February 13, 2010 at 12:18 AM

    Please don't Choie. Go ahead and wallow in romance.

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