2 Days in Paris (Deux jours à Paris) (2007)

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• Carlos M

  
  A delightful, very funny look into an eccentric couple's relationship, proving that Delpy can be as good a filmmaker as she is an actress. My only complaint regards her unnecessary narration at the end, instead of the actual dialogue.

• Jennifer X

  
  Woody Amelie. It's just like Before Sunrise but funnier, nastier, and more sexual.

• Dean M

  
  Quite fine comedy-drama in the relationship of a New York based couple on their romance by taking a vacation in Europe, then to Paris. Julie Deply proves herself a talented filmmaker.

• Curtis L

  
  Smart movie about relationships vs. cultural differences. At first you hate the characters, but by the end you kinda feel like you are them.

• Drew S

  
  Pound for pound, this is the funniest movie of the year. Forget Superbad, Knocked Up and Juno - Julie Delpy's clever and surprisingly raunchy script will have you laughing until your cheeks hurt. This is like a horny, bawdy, awesome version of Richard Linklater's… More
  Pound for pound, this is the funniest movie of the year. Forget Superbad, Knocked Up and Juno - Julie Delpy's clever and surprisingly raunchy script will have you laughing until your cheeks hurt. This is like a horny, bawdy, awesome version of Richard Linklater's "Before..." films. Some people are a little alienated by the characters, which I could see happening, but it really depends on the type of person you are. They are abrasive personalities, but also charming, literate, hilarious ones. You get the feeling that they haven't done all of their growing up yet, and to contradict a suggestion that Delpy's character Marion proposes in the movie, that probably attracts them to each other more than their immune systems. Still, it alarms me that people could dote on Seth Rogen in Knocked Up and then turn around and call Adam Goldberg an emotionally retarded man-child or whatever. People only liked Seth Rogen in that movie because he was fat and dumb. GO AMERICA #1. Anyway, the ascension of Julie Delpy as an incredible directorial talent is really exciting. Before Sunset already confirmed her writing abilities, and although she is an actress of somewhat limited range she plays her parts very convincingly. She even composed for this movie! Delpy's a true Renaissance woman of the cinema. I can't wait for her next movie, an interpretation of the Blood Countess Elizabeth Bathory. Dark period drama? oooooh.

• Nicki M

  
  I really enjoyed this movie. It was nice story about the difficulties and insecurities of being in a relationship that I'm sure a lot of people would relate to, and you could also have a laugh over some of the situations and Marion's nightmare parents! Well acted and… More
  I really enjoyed this movie. It was nice story about the difficulties and insecurities of being in a relationship that I'm sure a lot of people would relate to, and you could also have a laugh over some of the situations and Marion's nightmare parents! Well acted and didn't drag along at all as some movies of it's type can.

• William D

  
  [size=3]There's a movement afoot. Women all around the world are finally starting to make films. It's about time! I think it's a fantastic step forward for the art form, perhaps the only step forward the decade of the 2000s has seen. [/size]… More
  [size=3]There's a movement afoot. Women all around the world are finally starting to make films. It's about time! I think it's a fantastic step forward for the art form, perhaps the only step forward the decade of the 2000s has seen. [/size] [img]http://www.votivkino.at/fotos/1724zt1.jpg[/img] [size=3][b]Julie Delpy[/b] now joins the list of female filmmakers, as she wrote, directed, and stars in "Two Days in Paris." [/size][size=3]I'm very happy that another woman has picked up a movie camera, but I found Delpy's film mediocre and highly derivative. [/size] [size=3][/size] [size=3]To me it played like an imitation of a 1970s Woody Allen film, and not a particularly good imitation. [/size][size=3]The male lead, [b]Adam Goldberg[/b], is the major weakness. He walks around Paris like the Jewish fish-out-of-water that Allen perfected in the 70s. [/size] [size=3]There are uproarious scenes in "Annie Hall" when Allen's ultra-New York character goes to Los Angeles. Watching him navigate through the smooth waters of Malibu was comic gold. [/size][size=3]Delpy takes that same character and sends him to Paris. Occasionally it's funny, but mostly the jokes fall flat. [/size] [size=3]Goldberg never felt to me like he was playing a real person. It felt like a cold reading in an acting class, with Goldberg asked to read the unfunny jokes from the "Annie Hall" script that Woody Allen left on the cutting room floor. Allen knew those jokes didn't work; Delpy doesn't realize it.[/size] [size=3]One especially unfunny scene takes place in a fast food joint. Goldberg, who doesn't speak a word of French, is trying to order a burger. Not knowing the French words, he starts making cow sounds. "Moo!" I was flabbergasted that Delpy found this funny. One minute later, while Goldberg is biting into his burger, a young man speaking English asks if he can join him. He proceeds to tell Goldberg that he's a fairy. Not a gay man -- a literal fairy. This is never explained. It's another moment where the film seems not to know what on Earth it's doing.[/size] [size=3]The funniest bits by far were with Delpy's Parisian parents. The banter in French was at times absolutely hilarious. Unfortunately the parents are only in a few scenes.[/size] [size=3]The overriding theme is infidelity. Goidberg and Delpy have been a couple only for about two years, and this is their first trip to Paris. (Delpy grew up there.) While they're walking around the city and going to a few parties, they bump into several of Delpy's former boyfriends, who are rather flirty. This causes Goldberg to get suspicious. This eventually causes a reckoning between the characters at the end of the film. [/size] [size=3]Delpy tries to wax philosophical on the issue with her own voice-over at the tail end of the film (reminiscent of the final sequence in "Annie Hall"), but she doesn't produce any conclusions that have any revelatory power.[/size]

• Walter M

  
  [font=Century Gothic]"2 Days in Paris" is not the long-awaited for sequel to "2 Days in the Valley." Rather, it is about a couple, Jack(Adam Goldberg), an interior designer, and Marion, a half-blind photographer. They stop off in Paris on the way back from Venice… More
  [font=Century Gothic]"2 Days in Paris" is not the long-awaited for sequel to "2 Days in the Valley." Rather, it is about a couple, Jack(Adam Goldberg), an interior designer, and Marion, a half-blind photographer. They stop off in Paris on the way back from Venice to visit Marion's parents(Marie Pillet & Albert Delpy), where Marion maintains an apartment one flight up from them. While waiting for a taxi, Jack provides a great service to humanity but Marion is shocked to discover her cat has doubled in size in the past two weeks...[/font] [font=Century Gothic][/font] [font=Century Gothic]Written and directed by Julie Delpy, "2 Days in Paris" is a witty and perceptive movie about romance and the modern world. Marion makes a great statement about how taking photographs makes a person an observer, rather than a participant. And as an observer, especially with the movies Jack watches, he is never fully knowledgeable about the world around him, or about Marion, for that matter.(This despite their being together for two years and are at the criticial juncture of his meeting her parents for the first time.) Therefore, Jack imagines terrorists and Marion's infidelities everywhere.[/font] [font=Century Gothic][/font] [font=Century Gothic][/font] [font=Century Gothic]On that note, I am going on vacation myself and will return to these pages on September 9.[/font]

• Joey N

  
  I liked this less and less as it went along too. I got a few genuine chuckles out of it, and Julie Deply delivers her typically thought-provoking monologs on love. Between this and the Before Sunrise/Sunset films, I feel like I know her. She writes in a very personable fashion.… More
  I liked this less and less as it went along too. I got a few genuine chuckles out of it, and Julie Deply delivers her typically thought-provoking monologs on love. Between this and the Before Sunrise/Sunset films, I feel like I know her. She writes in a very personable fashion. Adam Goldberg is less annoying than usual.

• Marion R

  
  I just didn't care for it. I was sorta funny in parts, but I never felt involved in their story. I was happy to see Daniel Bruhl, I had no idea that he was in the film.

• Ina S

  
  Absolutely hilarious.

• Sunil J

  
  There are some parts that were a bit rough but I did realy enjoy this movie and was surprised.

• Laurence C

  
  It's all about trust. Delpy's camera captures the city of love in ways that very few have done before-- there's no powder blown at our eyes here, not even in a single shot. There's more time spent in cramped apartments, smoky cafés, and trendy art galleries than… More
  It's all about trust. Delpy's camera captures the city of love in ways that very few have done before-- there's no powder blown at our eyes here, not even in a single shot. There's more time spent in cramped apartments, smoky cafés, and trendy art galleries than on the city's shimmering streets. 2 Days in Paris is not a textbook on the American and French people's differences, it's an honest portrayal of love, to put it plainly, one that explores the heartbreak of serial monogamy and the aching curse of the not-forever. There's so much rawness here in the offbeat pace and in the stuffy dialogue; an incredibly strong understanding of today's relationships and the sacrifices that they require. Fortunately, the performers, including Delpy herself and even her parents, all inhabit their characters with great flair, with a special mention to Goldberg, who is alternately the voice of the audience (that what-the-fuck-am-I-doing-here voice) and an impossibly infuriating complainer. So, most definitely, it's not a self-centered vanity project. And it's funny. Very funny. (In short, Delpy has hand-crafted an excellent Woody Allen film.)

• Magnus B

  
  "Can I use this thermometer? I usually don't use this one in the mouth. Huh? I don't use this in the mouth. Oh come on! What is wrong with you? What? It's a french thermometer. What are you five? You still use a thermometer up your ass? It's the only way to… More
  "Can I use this thermometer? I usually don't use this one in the mouth. Huh? I don't use this in the mouth. Oh come on! What is wrong with you? What? It's a french thermometer. What are you five? You still use a thermometer up your ass? It's the only way to get your temperature properly. An hilarious comedy, very Woody Allen-esque. Julie Delpy and Adam Goldberg are fantastic in the lead. Brilliant dialogue! I love this movie, it's a future classic.

• Leo L

  
  A fantastic movie! Julie Delphy is truly phenomenal as she co-stars in and directs this great & hilarious movie about the relationship ups & downs of a couple. Adam Goldberg is absolutely fantastic! Great music.

• Leanna E

  
  Quirky and enchanting. I loved it.

• Sean S

  
  Funny. Though I can't for a moment believe that any group of people are that screwed up even the French and I lost touch with Delpy's character.

• Krystle C

  
  Disappointing, especially with such a marvellously funny beginning. I'll admit that I was expecting a grown-up, more cynical sequel to <i>Before Sunset</i>, paired with Woody Allen-esque neuroses, after reading various glowing reviews. And indeed, Julie Delpy's… More
  Disappointing, especially with such a marvellously funny beginning. I'll admit that I was expecting a grown-up, more cynical sequel to <i>Before Sunset</i>, paired with Woody Allen-esque neuroses, after reading various glowing reviews. And indeed, Julie Delpy's Marion is very much like her character in Linklater's critically acclaimed gems, although there's a cynical, angry edge to her here. That isn't what makes this movie suffer. I don't begrudge Delpy her boldness in taking on so many roles, and in fact I'm really really impressed by the fact that she wrote, produced, directed, edited, starred in and did the music for <i>2 Days...</i> Nonetheless, it seemed like a really self-indulgent movie to me, not because of how autobiographical it seems, but more because of how self-absorbed and unloving each of the characters appear (it doesn't help that every single man in the movie seems to be attracted to Marion; I mean, she's attractive, but isn't anyone immune to her charms?). Their neuroses and banter are amusing in the first third of the movie, even laugh-out-loud funny, but then it becomes really awkward and mean-spirited because of how obsessed with humiliating each other they are, and how obsessed with sex they are. I mean, surely there are other things that couples fight about? I don't think I'm a prude, but it just made me very uncomfortable and didn't seem realistic to me. I've never had a movie go from 4.5 stars to 3 so quickly, and it's really a testament to how funny the first third was that it's still got such a relatively high rating. The ending was really unnatural and seemed out of the blue considering how little this couple appears to care for one another, and perhaps that was the point but if so, it's pretty weak. At the end, I really don't care about these two and am somewhat disturbed that they're staying together. The best scenes are really in the first bit of the movie, with my favourite being the one in the subway where a creepy guy is following Marion around and Jack tries to scare him off with his eyebrows... quite hilarious. And despite the acerbity of Julie Delpy's character, I enjoy the natural flow of her dialogue with Jack, although I do find some of their topics of conversation grating (I mean, can't you even have sex like a normal couple without griping about immune systems?). Adam Goldberg is OK. Jury's still out on him for me. Warning: Some full-frontal nudity here! It's in a photography, but it's still shocking when you see it.

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