Last but not least: 2 hours in hell
Julie Delpy's film "2 days in Paris" is a shallow comedy that is full of clichés and prejudices. Truly a celebration of cinematic failure.
Julie Delpy's film "2 days in Paris" is a shallow comedy that is full of clichés and prejudices. Truly a celebration of cinematic failure.
Marion (Julie Delpy) and Jack (Adam Goldberg) - she's French and he's from the US - are in Marion's hometown of Paris for 2 days at the end of a long European trip. Jack is a hypochondriac who manages to be so pseudo-sick throughout the supposed romantic European trip that they can't even have sex, and he uses Schwarzenegger movies as a reference. Marion's parents serve the narrow-minded boyfriend from the U.S. rabbits along with their heads, yell at each other, call each other names in the crudest terms and show him a nude photo that Daughter once took of him and immediately sent home in secret. All this in about 10 minutes. Marion is so hysterical that she is kicked out of the restaurant, cab and almost out of the relationship. All this in less than 24 hours.
Neither the dumbest Yank nor the silliest Frenchwoman could behave so stupidly. But if you already limit the content to clichés, then you could assume that this would make the film funny. No, because Delpy tries to weave in some "real" feelings here and there and fails miserably. In fact, many a film critic has claimed that the film is smart and has depth. Yes, Germany's Next Topmodel and the toddler pool have that too....
Marion (Julie Delpy) and Jack (Adam Goldberg) - she's French and he's from the US - are in Marion's hometown of Paris for 2 days at the end of a long European trip. Jack is a hypochondriac who manages to be so pseudo-sick throughout the supposed romantic European trip that they can't even have sex, and he uses Schwarzenegger movies as a reference. Marion's parents serve the narrow-minded boyfriend from the U.S. rabbits along with their heads, yell at each other, call each other names in the crudest terms and show him a nude photo that Daughter once took of him and immediately sent home in secret. All this in about 10 minutes. Marion is so hysterical that she is kicked out of the restaurant, cab and almost out of the relationship. All this in less than 24 hours.
Neither the dumbest Yank nor the silliest Frenchwoman could behave so stupidly. But if you already limit the content to clichés, then you could assume that this would make the film funny. No, because Delpy tries to weave in some "real" feelings here and there and fails miserably. In fact, many a film critic has claimed that the film is smart and has depth. Yes, Germany's Next Topmodel and the toddler pool have that too....
