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2 Days in Paris
Follows two days in the relationship of a New York based couple; a French photographer Marion and American interior designer Jack, as they attempt to re-infuse their relationship with romance by staying a couple of days in Paris. High hopes for a nice wee vacation are dashed by Marion’s offbeat, overbearing non-English speaking parents and the reappearance of her flirtatious ex-boyfriends. Jack, an intense paranoid and hypochondriac, grows quickly disillusioned with the relationship.
Starring Julie Delpy, Adam Goldberg, Daniel Brühl, Marie Pillet, Albert Delpy, Aleksia Landeau
Directed by Julie Delpy
Written by Julie Delpy
1hr 36mins | Rated (M) | Offensive Language and Sex Scenes | Origin: France | Language: French / English | Official Site »
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2 Days in Paris delivers a comedy of neurotic, romantic errors; following in the footsteps of such comedies as Annie Hall and the underrated The Break Up. Misfortune and misunderstanding form the basis of the humour. We hold our protagonists at arms length and witness their misfortune from a position of indifference.
Marion (Julie Delpy, who also writes, directs, scores and produces) and Jack (Adam Goldberg) have been going out for two years. She is French. He is American. They both met and now live in New York. After a holiday in Venice they stop for two days in Paris, staying a floor above her parents (played by Delpy’s real life ma and pa).
From here Marion’s ex-lovers catch up with her, much to Jack’s surprise – apparently things are done differently in France. A dramatic/comedic plot ensues.
I desperately wanted to like Marion (Delpy), mainly because of her spectacles. But she is a bit nuts and the accusations against her are not entirely untrue. In other words she is an entirely believable, well delivered portrait of a character. Likewise, Jack (Adam Goldberg) will annoy some, but is ultimately a funny and truthful depiction of a tightly wound paranoid.
Both Jack and Marion are neurotic (in a egocentric big city kind of way). There’s a Woody Allen slash Francois Truffaut sensibility to the film. The New Wave fan will appreciate the odd homage dotted throughout; from a Doniel cigarette trick to the more obvious “Which glasses are more Goddard?” The black ones, of course!
This is an amusing, character driven film. A nice one to cap off the summer, despite an underwhelming final ten minutes. It’s smart but not too clever. Fresh but not groundbreaking.
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BBC
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If the three-way writing credit she shared with director Richard Linklater and co-star Ethan Hawke for the wonderful Before Sunset left room for doubt about Julie Delpy's ability as a screenwriter, 2 Days In Paris is proof that she's a serious talent in her own right. Delpy also stars, directs and provides the music for this playful comedy, which shows off her wicked sense of humour and a real understanding of relationships.
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Chicago-Sun Times
Delpy in fact has made a smart film with an edge to it; her Jack and Marion reveal things about themselves they never thought they'd tell anybody, and we wonder why they ever went out on a second date. Much has been made of the similarities between Delpy here and Diane Keaton in "Annie Hall" but if Delpy's character found a spider as big as a Buick in the bathroom, she'd braise it and serve it up for lunch.
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Guardian
Julie Delpy writes and directs a very likable, smart, offbeat film.
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La Presse Montréal
C'était la course pour Julie Delpy ? quelques jours de la sortie de 2 Days in Paris, son premier long métrage. Le premier vrai. M?me si on pourrait lui attribuer la maternité de Before Sunset, qu'elle a coécrit et pour lequel elle a eu droit ? une nomination aux Oscars, en 2005.
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Los Angeles Times
2 Days in Paris is pure Julie Delpy, figuratively and otherwise. Since first becoming known to American audiences in the early '90s, she's revealed herself to be an artist of sundry and unexpected talents, with a distinctive voice and point of view.
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NZ Herald [Peter Calder]
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The feature debut as writer-director for French star Delpy is reminiscent of mid-career Woody Allen, though it never feels derivative. Delpy herself plays Marion, an expatriate Parisienne who spends two days in her home town with her Jewish-American boyfriend Jack (Goldberg) on the way home from a holiday in Venice.
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Salon.com
Delpy's writing is sharply observed and often hilarious, and her own performance as the perennially enraged Marion -- whom she says was inspired by Robert De Niro's Jake LaMotta in "Raging Bull" -- is one of her most memorable.
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