Paris, Je t'aime is a great example of what I love about collections of short films. The 20 directors involved were given five minutes to tell a story about love in one of the city's neighborhoods. As a whole it is uneven, but the best parts greatly outshine the lesser stories. Among my favories are the Coen brothers' tale of cultureal mistakes in a Paris subway station and the introspective story of a middleaged woman who discovers herself in a park. Among the stories that I found skippale is the tale of Tobey Maguire as a tourist who falls in love with a vampire.