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Emily in Paris (2020– )
3/10
Wanted to love
12 October 2020
Warning: Spoilers
I love SATC and Younger so I was so excited for this. I wonder if Darren Starr got into a fight with Netflix or something because this show is lacking in so many aspects but had so much potential!! Sadly, it turned like a bad romantic comedy from the 90's: the characters have no depth or development, they are ridiculous characterizations, there are no other than white thin straight privileged people (ok, one black guy and one asian friend) the storyline is boring and predictable and dialogs are ridiculous. Every episode has the same formula: Emily eats a pain au chocolat/croissant in a Parisian café. Emily posts a photo of Paris on her IG account. Emily goes to the office and everyone around her is lazy and mean. A french women tells Emily she doesn't eat, she smokes a cigarette. There is a "marketing problem", everyone's ideas are bad. Emily comes up with a "fantastic" idea that goes viral and saves the day (also, is this show sponsored by Instagram?). Emily's boss is jealous. Emily meets a guy, guy falls for her because she is so beautiful. Emily meets with a friend after work. Emily ends up flirting with the chef at the restaurant around the corner before going home.

3 stars, for the amazing shots of Paris and because I think this show's target are girls from 12 to 16 y/o. Also, why is the main character such a prude??
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5/10
I am so mad I really wanted to love this!
22 April 2016
It is impossible not to think about Before Sunrise when watching this movie: two people meet in a beautiful foreign city and spend the night talking to each other. This movie was really frustrating, as I love Hong Kong and I love the two main actors, still, the superficiality of the writing and lack of depth during the whole movie was such a disappointment. The movie even lacks rhythm, as sometimes it takes forever and then it rushes to the end. There wasn't any grow or character deepening, there is no development in their conversation as it is always the same; by the end of the movie, the relationship between them didn't feel any closer than it was at the beginning. That is why it is so difficult to make a movie so much alike another, because I couldn't help but compare all along. Don't get me wrong, I love rom-coms, so this should have been and easy win. Maybe this could work for younger audiences that haven't seen the "Before..." movies.
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