By her late twenties, she had anchored two blockbuster franchises—X-Men and The Hunger Games-while also earning critical acclaim, including an Academy Award for Best Actress in Silver Linings Playbook. Yet even amidst a galaxy of red-carpet premieres and awards buzz, Lawrence remains unabashed in her cinematic passions. And at the top of her list sits one Woody Allen film she simply deems
Jennifer Lawrence broke onto the A-list with an intensity matched only by her on-screen presence. Four Oscar nominations and a statuette before age 26 testify to her range, while her box-office draws proved she could bridge art and commerce with equal ease. Yet in interviews, Lawrence has never hidden her enduring fandom for Woody Allen—a director whose career, much like her own, has spanned myriad genres and generated both praise and controversy.
When Allen learned that Lawrence “worships” his work, he quipped that a collaboration could well be in the cards. But Lawrence is discerning: should she ever join forces with the auteur, she insists it would have to be on a project that resonates with her vision—much like the one she calls her favorite of all time.
Released in 2011, Midnight in Paris stands as Woody Allen’s most commercially successful film, grossing over $150 million worldwide. The whimsical fantasy-comedy transports its protagonist-and, by extension, its audience-into the jazz-age salons of 1920s Paris, where legendary figures like Ernest Hemingway and F.
Scott Fitzgerald mingle under moonlit skies.
Lawrence first encountered the film via Rotten Tomatoes, where she found herself “blown away” by its blend of humor, invention, and nostalgia. “It’s funny,” she told interviewers,
“inventive-imagination, and dresses, and all of our favorite writers.” And while she lauded Owen Wilson’s charming lead performance, it was Allen’s screenplay that earned the film an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay— its lone victory amid four nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director.
But it’s more than accolades that have enshrined Midnight in Paris in Lawrence’s affections. “I love that one,” she confessed, admitting that “it might be my favorite movie now,” and ultimately dubbing it “just perfection.” In Lawrence’s eyes, Allen’s nostalgic reverie captures the essence of storytelling’s power: to whisk us away, ignite our imaginations, and reconnect us with the icons of creative history.
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