Entertainment Weekly by Owen Gleiberman

Anthology films usually work better in theory than execution, but this feature parade of shorts is a blithe, worldly, and enchanting exception.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer by Sean Axmaker

Even if you don't like the stories, the filmmakers seem incapable of finding a corner of Paris that is not photogenic.

Chicago Tribune by Michael Wilmington

The masterpiece of the bunch is the last, wonderful piece by Alexander Payne ("14eme Arrondissement").

Christian Science Monitor by Peter Rainer

The best episodes have the emotional resonance of full-length features, and yet I didn't want them to be a moment longer than they are.

Empire by Alan Morrison

Love is here in all of its many guises, brought together with a touch of subtitled sophistication.

Film Threat by Stina Chyn

Splendid.

Austin Chronicle by Marrit Ingman

Eighteen short films by an international who's-who of filmmakers make up this omnibus celebrating the joys and sorrows of love and Paris, organized by neighborhood.

New York Daily News by Jack Mathews

Bittersweet, funny, sad and invariably romantic.

TV Guide Magazine by Maitland McDonagh

As is always the case with compilation films, some segments are far better than others. But they're all so brief that the least of them passes quickly and the best are small miracles of economical storytelling.

USA Today by Claudia Puig

The stories run a gamut of emotions: melancholy, bittersweet, provocative, witty, poignant, silly and fanciful.

The A.V. Club by Noel Murray

Because Paris, Je T'Aime's episodes are so short, the duds don't stick around long enough to grate much. But the good ones also don't get to explore their assigned Parisian spaces as much as they could.

The New Republic by Stanley Kauffmann

The real pleasure is in having a film that is like a box of assorted chocolates: you have the power to approve or not as you move through the variety, even though the bits are picked for you.

The New York Times by Stephen Holden

A cinematic tasting menu consisting entirely of amuse-bouches. After two hours of such tidbits the palate is sated. But if there is no need for a main course, you still leave feeling vaguely disappointed at not being served one.

The Hollywood Reporter by Ray Bennett

Being in Paris is to be inside a work of art, and it is no surprise that in the charming collection of vignettes that make up Paris je t'aime, the art is love.

Variety

Uneven but quite pleasant as a two-hour experience that acknowledges the idealized Paris people carry in their heads while wisely veering off the beaten track.

New York Post by V.A. Musetto

Too many cooks spoil the broth, and too many directors spoil the anthology film Paris Je T'aime.

Village Voice

Paris, Je T'aime's brimming declaration of love to the City of Lights leaves one breathless but dissatisfied.

Chicago Reader by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Most features composed of sketches by different filmmakers are wildly uneven. This one is consistently mediocre or slightly better, albeit pleasant and watchable. It helps that none of the episodes runs longer than five or six minutes.