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A majority of the comments on here are complaining about how the movie is "dumber than a box of rocks" and stereotypical. Well, I guess the thing that people don't realize is that this is a MARY KATE AND ASHLEY MOVIE. It's sole purpose? To cash in on the whole Mary Kate and Ashley craze. And, well, it fulfills that purpose. Of course, being straight to video and aimed towards loyal fans, the movie has very low production values (they try on clothes OUTSIDE the "store" during the shopping scene and the "museum" they walk through is CGI). But this movie is actually a pretty fun one for the audience it was aiming for. I don't think an intellectual looking for a in-depth review of Paris would particularly enjoy this movie... and it beats me why they'd even pick it up.

This installment in the Mary Kate and Ashley direct-to-video movie series doesn't bring anything really new to the table. But for preteen girls interested in feeling happy, following the girls having fun in an exotic location, and viewing the cute fashions, this isn't necessarily a bad thing.

Seventh graders Alyson and Melissa had it all. They had the trendiest clothes, the hottest gossip, the cutest boyfriends-- but their parents believed the twins were just too wrapped up in their social life. To get them out of their small world, they decided they'd send them away to stay with their grandfather, the ambassador, in Paris, France for Spring Break. This meant that Ally and Mel weren't going to be able to attend the hottest party of the year with the two hottest boys in school, who happened to like them. Reluctantly, the girls boarded the plane and traveled from Southern California to beautiful Paris.

Their grandpa, much too busy to accompany his granddaughters in seeing France, hired a man named Jeremy to show them around. Grandpa's rules were strict; Ally and Mel were to follow an organized schedule of art museum after art museum, each and every day. The girls quickly grew bored of this, and their focus was further interrupted upon meeting two cute Parisian boys, John and Michel(sp?). They began to sneak off with these boys to see France in the way they wanted to see it: spontaneously and fun. Along the way, they also befriended renowned supermodel, Brigit (why a famous supermodel would spend her time shopping with two 12-year-olds beats me), who distracted Jeremy when they began dating.

One night, the girls returned home from a date with John and Michel in a cop car. The grandfather then forbade them from ever seeing those boys again and they had to attend a fancy dinner instead of a party where John and Michel's band would be playing. He at first seemed firm, but quickly changed his heart once he saw the boys sincerely apologizing at Aly and Mel's window. He saw how much the children truly loved each other. Grandpa apologized to his granddaughters, as he should have been spending time with them himself, but told them they still had to attend the dinner that night.

After a heated and intelligent discussion the girls presented at dinnertime, Grandpa, impressed, allowed the girls to go to their party. The night ended with the twins kissing their respective boyfriends, and Brigit and Jeremy even sharing a kiss.

The next morning, it was time for the girls to return to America. Every person they met on their journey would greatly miss them and await their next visit. The parents plan of culturing their children seemed to be a success, as they soon took up an interest of learning about different cultures and seeing the world. They even declined a fro-yo date with the boys they used to like, after seeing what jerks they were.

In the end, even though not too much learning occurred, Alyson and Melissa got to see what love was really like, and that other cultures can be really cool if you give them a chance. People criticizing this movie for encouraging girls to be shallow apparently missed the point. This trip taught the protagonists to break out of their small circle of gossip and popularity, and see the real wonders of the world.

I watched this with my French class. It's the week before Spring Break, and my teacher said she would have us watch a French film. I was hoping for something along the lines of "Les Miserables," but instead we got this.

So, the film starts off with two snobby, self-absorbed 13 year old girls. They use up just about every 1990s slang word within the first 10 minutes. Just as they are about to go to the dance with some boys, their parents decide to take them to Paris with their grandfather. The girls act like they have just gone bankrupt or something, they are completely depressed. Of course, this is just the start.

When they arrive to Paris, their ambassador grandfather shows them around, and brings them a fellow named Jeremy to escort them around the city of love. You have your typical scenes for a "going to France" movie...but it just makes things worse. They meet French boys, they have a terrible green-screen exploration of the Louvre, and, (later on in the film,) have a shopping spree. Once they eat dinner at the French Embassy, however, they spit out all the food at the waiter. I mean, do kids think that's funny or something? Every bloody joke in this film resulted in groaning from everyone in the classroom.

But here's the part that really gets me: the end of the film. Melanie and Ally are only in Paris for about three days, and at a party, they explain to the other ambassador why France should have clean water, and they explain the history of Paris. WHAT?!? They've only been there for two days, and suddenly they know all about the place?!? NO. But it gets worse when Melanie and Ally go give the stubborn French chef MCDONALD'S. Shows the kind of place America is. The chef ends up loving it, the grandfather has a change of heart and decides to let Melanie and Ally stay away from the boys he told them to leave, and Melanie and Ally go to the dance with the boys. Jeremy, the escort who BARELY MATTERED in this entire film, gets one of the hottest women in France.

I get that they had to keep it simple for kids. But to test it out, I got my little sister, 8 years old, to watch this and see what she thought. She thought it was terrible.

So I don't think "it's just a kids' film" will cover this film up. It is terrible. The sloppy writing, the terrible acting, the horrible music and editing, it's just an embarrassment. May God have mercy on the people who thought this was good...

A stupid movie, with a stupid plot. Feels like they threw every imaginable cliché in a blender. I especially "Liked" the part, where two teenage girls gets the french president to clean the water. Because we all know how dedicated America is to conservation of the environment. Kyoto, anyone?? And the french chef, who has apparently never seen or tasted a hamburger... This is why people think Americans have no culture. That, and the fact that we meet your kids when they come to Europe to "see the world" (i.e. eat at McDonalds in foreign capitals) They are not as dumb as the two ditsy preteens in this movie, but they have just about the same amount of cultural enlightenment and good manners.

I saw this movie in Discovering language class in school. Not a very good movie

Now Mary Kate and Ashley. They are not horrible actresses, but it's hard not to judge their acting when they've been acting since they were babies. The "Noooooooo" near the beginning of the movie is one example to show their acting ability. The stereotypes include the following: French/Foreign food is disgusting, French boys are all gentlemen and hot, male French adults are all snobs. On the bright side, at least everyone didn't wear berets. Speaking of the French boys, their relationship with the girls was either creepy because they were driving mopeds and you have to be 15 or older to drive a moped in France,(the main characters are 12, or barely 13, I can't quite remember) or not researched and the French boys were 13. Also the ending, where one of the boys kissed one of the girls, that was cliché, expected, and if the creators did do the research, creepy.

Cliché, dumb, stereotypical, and bad acting.

This movie was great! It was really funny and was cast extremely well. The plot, characters, etc were very original. This movie is a great film and I give it 2 thumbs up. I also recommend that all young girls see this movie cause its within that age group. Everything about this movie was terrific. It sends a positive message. It's a great feel good movie. Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen were great in this movie!!!!! They played their parts perfect. Everyone did. Every single person in this cast was terrific. It's really, really, really excellent movie and it was probably one of the best films Mary Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen did!!!!!!!!

Passport to Paris is a 1999 teen comedy starring the Olsen twins Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. Two teenage girls who are going to school decides to visit their grandfather in Paris. While there they meet two French boys who both fall in love with . They also befriend a French model who falls in love with a guy that the twins have meet.

Will they leave the French boys behind and stay in France or will they go back to their normal life in America. If your a fan of the Olsen twins you would like this movie.

For me I found this movie to be very cliched and thourghly predictable, as I knew from the get go what was going to happen throughout the entire film. If you liked when in Rome you would like this film.

I was a teenager when this movie came out and I have to say It was one of my favorites. I still enjoy the movie. I have it on VHS and my friends also like Mary-Kate and Ashley movies. I liked the movie because it was cute, funny, and I have always liked Mary-Kate and Ashley movies. They wear cute clothes and are cool. I enjoyed the music in the movie also. I can relate to them because I love shopping, going to restaurants, and boys. This is a cute film for teenage girls and a film with a rating that anyone can see. I plan on buying more of their films to add to my collection. This movie was a Xmas gift for me and my cousin also got this movie....i wonder why.......could it be that its an excellent movie? Yes.