Film review of Forget Paris

Couplehood is the theme in this film. What makes this film stand out from other romantic films is in their focus on what happened after they were together. In the normal films, the directors would only show how two persons find each other attractive and live happily ever after. In this film, they focus on the interactions, developments and conflicts after being together. Mickey was a NBA referee. Ellen was a dedicated airplane employee. They met in Paris. After one week, Mickey went back to America because of his job. They started their long-distance relationship, but very soon they get married.

Conflicts:

Mickey (Billy Crystal) and Ellen (Debra Winger) sometimes they could not find a balance.  Ellen gave up her job in Paris and went back to America to accompany Mickey. However, Mickey travelled a lot because he had to referee NBA matches in different states. Ellen also did not enjoy her job. Hence, Ellen felt lonely and quarrelled with Mickey. In order to find a balance, Mickey took one-year leave of absence and became a car salesman. However, Ellen got promoted and be head of one development.

Soon after, they fought again because Mickey thought that he had invested too much in this relationship. It is an unbalance relationship.

Improvement:

At the end, they came back together. It seems like both of them missed each other so much during the period of absence. However, they eventually got together because they focus and work on their life. Normal people cannot love a person without full life, especially when this person gives up his/her own life for you. It puts a lot of weights on the partner. Thus, that’s a right choice that they choose what they want at the end. Both of them have a full life again, that’s their preconditions for being together again.