One of the obsessive speculations in American history is whether Thomas Jefferson, in the years before he became president, had an affair with (and fathered a child with) his 15-year-old slave Sally Hemings. JEFFERSON IN PARIS follows Jefferson to France (as the U.S. ambassador to the court of Louis XVI), following the death of his wife his friendships and flirtations with the French, his relationship with his daughters and slaves from home (especially Sally), against the bac... (Full plot summary below)
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One of the obsessive speculations in American history is whether Thomas Jefferson, in the years before he became president, had an affair with (and fathered a child with) his 15-year-old slave Sally Hemings. JEFFERSON IN PARIS follows Jefferson to France (as the U.S. ambassador to the court of Louis XVI), following the death of his wife his friendships and flirtations with the French, his relationship with his daughters and slaves from home (especially Sally), against the backdrop of the beginning of the French Revolution.
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| ReelViewsJames BerardinelliRegardless, though it may be occasionally slow-moving and perhaps a half-hour too long, this film is put together with care and a mindfulness of quality. |
| Kansas City KansanSteve CrumAka the affairs of Jefferson. Handsome production. |
| Chicago TribuneAllison BenediktJefferson in Paris is a rich confection indeed, filled with tidbits about fashion, customs, art, and commerce in 18th-century France and America. But like a meal consisting of nothing but petits-fours, this lavish biopic is too much dessert and not enough main course. |
| Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)Bob BloomGood idea, but Nolte is not believable as Jefferson. |
| The New York TimesJanet MaslinOvershadowed by its own ambition and not-quite-ironic pageantry, Jefferson in Paris doesn't quite come to life. |
| VarietyTodd McCarthyThis decorous look at the great man's five years as ambassador to France in the period leading up to the French Revolution touches upon much significant history, incident and emotion but, ironically, lacks the intrigue and drama of great fiction. |
| Seattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam ArnoldBy the time [James Ivory and Ruth Prawer Jhabvala] get around to articulating a story, the inhibitions imposed by their "good taste" begin to seem more like gutlessness, and what initially promises to be an exposure of American liberal doublethink about slavery winds up as a querulous wimp out on a subject that the underrated "Mandingo" is better equipped to deal with. |
| NewsweekDavid AnsenThere's no moment in Jefferson in Paris when you can feel why the filmmakers had to tell this story. All dressed up, this elegant movie has nowhere to go. |
| Boston GlobeJay CarrSadly, beyond the wigs, costumes and exquisite set design, its a vacant enterprise. |
| TimeRichard SchickelIt's as if everyone was just a little too much in tasteful awe of its subject, who is played rather stolidly by Nick Nolte. |
