I was pleased to finally see Paris, je t'aime since it was briefly "forthcoming" on the South African Cinema Nouveau circuit last year and then never arrived. It was worth the wait.
The diversity in themes and styles in this collaboration demonstrates that there is no one answer to the question "what is love?". However, the vast majority of the shorts are white and heterosexual, which is a unfortunate flaw in an otherwise varied palette.
This variety also means that serious and not-so-serious shorts bump shoulders, but personally I found this refreshing both stylistically and philosophically. It certainly didn't stop me from laughing and crying all the way through the movie.
I have no way of knowing if the film does Paris itself justice. I will have to get on a plane and do some research; purely in the interests of reviewing the movie again, of course.
4 stars