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Absolutely brilliant in Midnight in Paris!!


I don't know much about Ernest Hemingway. I've read exactly one novel and over a dozen short stories and of course, I know how he exited this grand life. In spite of my ignorance, I loved Corey's portrayal of H. in Midnight in Paris. He was hilarious and just... brilliant. The rhythm of his speech itself was almost poetic (much like some of Hemingway's writing). Every time he came on the screen the I cracked up.

He wasn't in it for too long, (actually none of the secondary cast are) but it's really worth it just to see him if anyone's having any doubts. I'm definitely not a big Woody Allen fan, but this was pleasantly surprising. Simple, short, and fun.

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Best line readings I've heard in a long time. Actually made me laugh during a Woodster Allen pic. He got the banal bad techo middle class cadence of Ernie's lines. And the next. And it was true. And good and truly. And I laughed good and true.

Up there with Clive's in "Croupier".

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