Besson gives the movie a warmth and charm all its own...

... a visually sumptuous, dramatically inert fable ...

The film is slickly constructed with a hip soundtrack and art direction, but its empty, a glowing travelogue for a beautiful city and two maudlin characters that are predictable and two dimensional. I love Paris too but would rather see its reality ....

A gorgeous-looking film whose crisp, black-and-white photography is unfortunately much more thrilling than its simplistic, cloying story.

Familiar situations and trite dialogue give this movie the feel of something freeze-dried and reconstituted.

Besson's black-and-white angel fantasy is a weak homage to Wings of Desire, if that's what he was shooting for.

An ultimately dull nonaffair.

It’s compelling largely due to its appealing cast.

It's too bad it took so long for the film to get here, because it's not only the best part, it's also the very end.

It's a wisp of a film, recommendable for a lark, but not nearly as ambitious or entertaining as you'd expect from Besson.