Two Days in Paris
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Movie Reviews of Two Days in Paris
Movie Review: Embarrassing (for Delpy)
Summary: 1 Stars
First half of the picture is OK, somewhat entertaining and funny but after that, when it's more about the couple relationship, everything gets confused and uninteresting. Delpy is everywhere in the movie but has little to say beyond the usual clich?s. And why this recurrent class-racism towards taxi drivers?
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Delpy conna?t bien les ?tats-Unis o? elle habite, certes avec des interruptions, mais depuis ses ?tudes (ce qui doit faire une petite vingtaine d'ann?es). Elle est donc tr?s bien plac?e pour faire un film sur un Gringo d?couvrant les Fran?ais. Cest bien men?, bien vu et dr?le pendant la premi?re moiti? du film. Malheureusement ensuite le film s'embrouille et perd de sa substance et donc de son int?r?t. En effet, la personnalit? de cette jeune femme (au demeurant fort bonne actrice) n'est pas assez dense et il est dommage quelle impr?gne tout le film : Delpy a fait le film, la mont?, a fait une partie de la musique et y fait jouer ses parents. M?me si on ne sait rien de sa vie priv?e et de ce qu'elle a vraiment mis de ses exp?riences dans le film, elle se montre trop pour qu'on ne sache pas s?parer Delpy de son personnage Marion. Le seul int?r?t du film est ce qu'une expatri?e voit de la France et la r?alisatrice aurait d? se limiter ? cet aspect, surtout que son acteur, Adam Goldberg, est cr?dible (sans plus cependant ; habitu? des s?ries t?l?vis?es qui ont fait conna?tre son visage, il essaye de s'en sortir en jouant un personnage de sous-Woody Allen auquel on a la charit? de croire). Le petit monde parisien est bien croqu?, malgr? les clich?s bobos sur les chauffeurs de taxi ; ils sont la cible d'un ?tonnant ? racisme de classe ?, tr?s courant ? Paris il faut le dire. Ce qui est moins bien vu est tout ce qui a trait au couple et comme l'histoire ? ce propos prend beaucoup de place ? la fin et qu'elle n'est pas assez structur?e, la dynamique du film en p?tit. Deux moments d?sagr?ables sont un chauffeur de taxi qui n'aimant personne ne peut ?tre qu'antis?mite et un bourgeois expatri? qui, ?tant cadre, ne peut ?tre qu'amateur d'adolescentes tha?landaises (bons et mauvais expatri?s ? on a devin? qui faisait partie du premier groupe). Autre chose d'?tonnant : une constante vulgarit? et beaucoup de gros mots hors de propos (les parents sont ?tonnamment et inutilement orduriers).
En bref, elle n'aurait pas d? s'exposer ainsi.
Movie Review: Delightful movie
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a lovely movie, and I utterly enjoyed watching it - twice; however I could see how it might not suit everyone's taste.
Firstly, I think having a bi-cultural background (while not a prerequisite) definitely helps appreciate its humor and charm. Granted, both protagonists are archetypes to some degree (he the neurotic, hypocondriac New Yorker; she the bohemian, hot-tempered Frenchwoman); and there are also some heavy-handed moments (for example the rather cliche dinner with the French parents, where a stewed rabbit head is consumed to the horror of the American boyfriend); but there are also plenty of little gems - private jokes, meaningful glances and quips that any Franco-American couple will instantly identify with and smile at. For me, those moments really made the movie.
Secondly, it is a quintessentially Delpy/Linklater movie, in the sense that it's highly verbose and stream-of-consciousness, to the point of sounding unscripted at times. This can be pretty polarizing; but I think it's a treat if you enjoy the journey rather than the destination, and if you enjoy movies where the plot is clearly not the point.
Movie Review: Lost in Translation
Summary: 3 Stars
Free love is a rather glum affair in Julie Delpy's directorial debut. Fans of the angelic Ms. Delpy, or of Paris, will have to check this out, naturellement, but it is best to keep your expectations rather low. Delpy demonstrates a sure hand with framing shots, and really, it's not possible to make Paris look unappealing, but Delpy and Adam Goldberg as the respective halves of an estranged couple sure give it the old college try, with more or less constant bickering marring the pretty views. Enroute home to New York after a disasterous trip to Venice, Marion (Delpy) and her crabby, misthanthropic boyfriend (Goldberg) stop off for a weekend in Paris to visit her parents. These two have been together for two years, which is long enough for once charming and endearing clashes in personal style to become grating and hateful, and that is the point at which these two have arrived. Within the familiar environment of her childhood home, Marion is transformed in the eyes of her culture-shocked beau into something of a potty-mouthed slut with an indiscriminate and prolific past; he is not sure how to cope with this unflattering metamorphosis or the revelation that Marion has seemingly slept with half the men in Paris prior to moving in with him. There are some nuggets of comedy gold here that Adam Goldberg might have been able to mine were he more like Bill Murray and less like himself, which is to say, dour and hairy. As much as the audience wants to sympathize with his linguistic and romantic plight, Goldberg makes his character deeply unappealing, and we think yeah, it might be better if he were out of the picture altogether. Three stars for some charming street scenes of Paris, and for the delightfully bawdy performances of the actors playing Marion's maman and papa--they are Delpy's real-life parents and are the best thing in it.Movie Review: All the funny parts are on the trailer...
Summary: 1 Stars
I looked so forward to seeing this because of the trailer. Little did I know I'd already seen the funny parts because of it! This movie tries way too hard to succeed. Instead-it fails miserably. Goldberg's character was extremely whiny, a hypocondriac, depressing and just mean! Actually, I liked neither character. The humor fell short most of the film. I can appreciate that Paris is an openminded city, but I fail to see how all the sex talk, 'dirty' words and innuendo would actually happen like it did in this movie. It was in excess.
Lastly, the conservative bashing took this film downhill faster for me than it otherwise would have. It got old. Fast. Yeah yeah, we know. Hollywood is left leaning and thinks the whole world should be. We got it already.
Bottom line: I kept looking at the clock every 2-3 minutes for it to get over. Next time a movie has quite a bit of 1 & 2 star reviews, I will pay more attention to it!
Movie Review: Two days you will definitely want to skip
Summary: 1 Stars
"2 Days in Paris" starts off OK but the relentlessly obnoxious characters - especially filmaker and star Julie Delpy - quickly become tiresome and irritating. Much of the dialogue and many of the situations appears to be unscripted and go absolutely nowhere - case in point the scene on the Metro. Only Adam Goldberg comes out of this with any distinction. Delpy has almost succeeded in doing the one thing that you might have thought impossible - making Paris look unappealing. These are definitly two days you will want to skip.