@LATE_SHOW_LURKER2026-01-26 08:00 UTC
I've seen screen savers with more depth and fewer unnecessary lens flares than From Paris with Love.
“Even the credits needed a rewrite.”
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2010 · Action / Crime / Thriller
From Paris with Love
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Masterfully crafted. Un-roastable.
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An absolute cinematic disaster.
James Reese has a good job as an ambassador's aid in France, but his real passion is a side gig—working in a minor role in the CIA. He would love to be a full-fledged agent and can't believe his luck when he lands an assignment with Charlie Wax. Trigger-happy Charlie soon has James crying for his desk job, but when he learns that the same guys they're trying to catch are after him, James realises that Charlie may be his only hope of survival.
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2010
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Action / Crime / Thriller
PLOT SUMMARY
James Reese has a good job as an ambassador's aid in France, but his real passion is a side gig—working in a minor role in the CIA. He would love to be a full-fledged agent and can't believe his luck when he lands an assignment with Charlie Wax. Trigger-happy Charlie soon has James crying for his desk job, but when he learns that the same guys they're trying to catch are after him, James realises that Charlie may be his only hope of survival.
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@TRAILER_TROLL2026-01-13 05:00 UTC
From Paris with Love: where physics filed for emotional distress and lost.
@AISLE_GHOUL2026-01-06 10:00 UTC
If From Paris with Love was a meal, it'd be unsalted rice with extra ego.
@POPCORN_CRITIC2026-01-17 19:00 UTC
From Paris with Love: proof the studio reads its own marketing too literally.
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r/boxoffice · u/CinephileCynic🔥 3.7k points
Unpopular opinion: From Paris with Love is the most overrated film of the decade
Everyone praising the From Paris with Love performances must have watched a different cut. The lead is sleepwalking through this and the supporting cast can't save it.
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r/flicks · u/ScriptDoctor99🔥 1.5k points
[Spoilers] Can we discuss that absolutely baffling ending in From Paris with Love?
Rewatched From Paris with Love last night and noticed even more plot holes than the first time. The motivations don't track at all once you stop and think about act two.
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r/boxoffice · u/ScriptDoctor99🔥 4.9k points
Hot Take: From Paris with Love's third act ruined what could have been a masterpiece
Honestly, From Paris with Love would be a tight 95-minute movie. Instead we got a bloated runtime padded with B-roll and lingering shots that add nothing.
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r/criticalkino · u/FrameByFrameFred🔥 2.1k points
Why does no one talk about how mid the writing in From Paris with Love actually is?
Director clearly thought From Paris with Love was deeper than it is. There's a difference between ambiguous and unfinished, and this leans hard into the second.
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