Forget Paris movie review

June 21, 2010 - #30/100
Forget Paris (1995)

Mickey Gordon (Billy Crystal) is a professional basketball referee. In the beginning of the movie, Mickey's father dies. It is easy to tell from the beginning of the movie that Mickey never got along well with his father. But, he wanted to grant his father's last wish, which was to be buried in France. Therefore, Mickey heads to France to bury his father. Upon arriving to France, Mickey learns that the body was accidentally sent to the wrong airport. In comes Ellen Andrews (Debra Winger), who is an American living in Paris who works for the airline. She helps Mickey through the entire ordeal, and they get to know each other better. The rest of the story between Mickey and Ellen is told in flashback by their friends at a restaurant while they are waiting for them to arrive. For the most part, the entire movie is about the hardships of marriage, and ways to overcome those hardships. For example, Ellen moves back to the US to be with Mickey, but she's not happy. Random issues like this arise throughout the movie. It's hard to say whether this movie is a romantic comedy or a drama. So, I sometimes had a difficult time deciding whether I should laugh, or if it was supposed to be a serious moment. Overall, it wasn't a bad movie, and I'd probably watch it again. The acting wasn't bad. But, I think if I wanted to see a romantic movie from around this same era, then I'd just stick with When Harry Met Sally.

I gave this movie 6/10 stars on imdb.com.