
A man wanders out of the desert after a four year absence. His brother finds him, and together they return to L.A. to reunite the man with his young son. Soon after, he and the boy set out to locate the mother of the child, who left shortly after the man disappeared.... (Full plot summary below)
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A man wanders out of the desert after a four year absence. His brother finds him, and together they return to L.A. to reunite the man with his young son. Soon after, he and the boy set out to locate the mother of the child, who left shortly after the man disappeared.
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| The GuardianGuy LodgeSo many mood pieces sustain their mood only as far as the closing credits; the blissful melancholy of Paris, Texas endures with recall and association, however distant from one’s last viewing. Cannes has rewarded many a great film, but none that is quite so permanently, ever-retrievably embedded in my sense memory. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThen there are the miracles of the performances by Harry Dean Stanton, Nastassja Kinski and Hunter Carson. |
| Combustible CelluloidJeffrey M. AndersonParis, Texas is that rare thing: a movie of intelligence and beauty and poetry, but also based on emotionally believable characters and a forward-moving, narrative thrust. |
| Q Network Film DeskJames Kendrickone of Wenders's best films, a stirring portrait of people striving against their disconnect that resists simple answers even as it rewards our emotional investment. |
| Rolling StoneNoel MurrayWim Wenders’ heartbreaking, profoundly American masterpiece...The climactic scene – set in a peep-show booth – features a stunning autographical monologue that’s one of the most mesmerizing pieces of screen acting ever filmed. |
| TV Guide MagazineHolly WillisIt’s indeed a beautiful film, one that will surely convince doubters that Muller is one of the cinema’s best cameramen. He gives the story a surface polish that hints of Edward Hopper and Georgia O’Keefe Americana paintings. Some images are positively breathtaking. |
| The GuardianPeter BradshawIt is an eerie, sad story whose meaning disappears over the vast horizon as if on a highway heading away through the desert. |
| Slant MagazineJoseph Jon LanthierParis, Texas may be missing a crucial piece of authentic Americana, but it still evokes an America most Americans yearn to gaze on. An America as thorny and carnivorous as a hawk talon, as raw and smug as a downtown mural, and as sweetly enigmatic as a vacant lot that doesn’t—that can’t—exist. |
| The New York Review of BooksRobert MazzoccoThough Paris, Texas is the most interesting American film I've seen all year, it is finally not a success. |
| Stream on DemandSean Axmaker... the mix of [Wim] Wenders' sensibilities and love of American movies and Sam Shepard's spare writing and take on fractured American families creates a sublime vision. |