This comedy is remarkable mainly for its superb cast, its charming performances and its kindly, good-natured tone. It's a friendly work that tends to take a benevolent attitude to humanity. There is much to enjoy : watch Alastair Sim as a diplomat with a Russian counterpart addicted to the word "no", Margaret Rutherford as a painter who meets a kindred soul, Louis de Funès as a taxi driver with a good grasp on the economic realities of life, and so on.
(What is it that makes Paris stand out as the Capital of Love in the Anglo-Saxon mind ? Say "Paris" to an English-speaking person and you will get tales of love, romance, embroidered garters, ooh la la sauciness. And of course someone is going the hum the can-can, preferably to Offenbach's Infernal Galop.)
Sadly "Innocents in Paris" feels somewhat more like a collection of anecdotes than like an integrated, interconnected tale. A few efforts in the screenplay department might have added a whole new layer of wit.
Be sure to watch a good copy. I watched (and enjoyed) the long, uncut version, but there seem to be truncated versions going around.
(What is it that makes Paris stand out as the Capital of Love in the Anglo-Saxon mind ? Say "Paris" to an English-speaking person and you will get tales of love, romance, embroidered garters, ooh la la sauciness. And of course someone is going the hum the can-can, preferably to Offenbach's Infernal Galop.)
Sadly "Innocents in Paris" feels somewhat more like a collection of anecdotes than like an integrated, interconnected tale. A few efforts in the screenplay department might have added a whole new layer of wit.
Be sure to watch a good copy. I watched (and enjoyed) the long, uncut version, but there seem to be truncated versions going around.