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Jack G Its strongest element was the cinematography. It's great. The dialogue was good. The acting was overrated. I find the film is overall overrated. It begged to be an hour shorter. The twangy score was nice on the ears but did not fit the deeply tragic mood of this film. The film left too many questions unanswered or with unsatisfying ones. There seemed to be a little too much emphasis on style over substance so we're left with little dialogue leaving plot holes unfilled. Rated 3/5 Stars • Rated 3 out of 5 stars 04/15/24 Full Review Rich C Paris, Texas draws you in slowly but completely. A master class of story telling by Sam Shepard and LM Kit Carson, containing one of the great monologues in movie history, allowed Wim Wenders to show a simple story in an extraordinary way. The characters are mysterious but not overly complicated, and you can feel the pain and loss in your gut as they wander through their individual anger and emptiness to an ending which is satisfying and yet disappointing at the same time. You find yourself, as I did when I saw it for the first time, talking to the screen and imploring the characters under your breath to come to the same conclusions about what they should do as you have....in vain as it turns out.The performances by Harry Dean Stanton and Nastassja Kinski are absolutely mesmerizing and are backed by stellar performances by Dean Stockwell, Aurore Cement, and Hunter Carson, while haunting soundtrack by Ry Cooder only adds to the vastness of the picture.It's brilliance can not be over-stated. Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 04/10/24 Full Review Hao Ian L For its runtime, you would expect the characters to be more fleshed out with motives more clear cut. Wenders' melancholic meditation on memory and loss boasts breathtaking cinematography, but suffers from a glacial pace an enigmatic lead whose journey feels emotionally hollow. Rated 2/5 Stars • Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/16/24 Full Review The D I'm not usually into slow, introspectional movies but Paris,Texas is exceptional. Beautifully shot and fantastic acting all round. I think it resonated with me because my own father - who is very much like Harry Dean Stanton - was not present in my early years. The bond by between Hunter and his father begins to grow throughout the movie in a wonderful authentic way, and the whole story touches on so many human emotions like love, regret, lost opportunities and the heart wrench of being away from a past love and his own son. I cry every time I watch this classic. Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/14/24 Full Review Blob 9 The impact this film has doesn't dawn on you until the end. The experience is dream like at times, as you soak in the environment from country to city, uncertain in where this odyssey leads. Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/18/24 Full Review Allen R A slow burn that becomes more and more worth it as the movie reaches the end. Rated 4.5/5 Stars • Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/06/24 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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Critics Reviews

Kevin Maher Times (UK) The panoramic vistas from the cinematographer Robby Müller are as breathtaking as any John Ford western, while the naturalistic performances and deft narrative structure make this the strongest movie in the career of its director, Wim Wenders. Sep 14, 2023 Full Review Peter Bradshaw Guardian ... An eerie, sad story whose meaning disappears over the vast horizon as if on a highway heading away through the desert. Rated: 5/5 Jul 27, 2022 Full Review Joe Pollack St. Louis Post-Dispatch It's a striking, gripping film for most of its length, with Wenders and cinematographer Robby Muller showing a great love of and fascination for the land -- almost as if their European upbringings had made them slightly envious of the wide-open spaces. Oct 7, 2021 Full Review Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review It transcends [Wenders'] usual road movie archetypes and pressing alienation, and it enters the realm of an almost mythic quest for healing and reconciliation after the emotional fallout of masculine violence. Rated: 4/4 Aug 31, 2023 Full Review Keith Garlington Keith & the Movies Most of the performances hit every right note especially Stanton, Kinski, and young Carson. All of this is brought together under the management of Wenders who tells a living, breathing story free of contrivances and artifice. Rated: 4/5 Aug 24, 2022 Full Review Malcolm Johnson Hartford Courant A rare and fascinating experience for those patient enough to go with its slow flow. Oct 7, 2021 Full Review Read all reviews

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