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Ingenue Julie Delpy does triple duty as writer, director, and star of this romantic comedy. French photographer Marion (Delpy) and American interior designer Jack (Adam Goldberg) are returning from a ... read more read more...vacation in Venice. Despite the fact that it was supposed to be the ultimate romantic getaway, disagreements and misunderstandings seemed to drive them farther apart rather than bringing them closer together. Before they return to the United States, Marion and Jack have a quick two-day stop in Paris to visit Marion's parents and pick up the cat that they had been pet-setting for their daughter. Unfortunately for Jack, Paris proves to be quite a culture shock. Not only are Marion's parents a pair of eccentric former "revolutionaries" who make no qualms about having knock-down-drag-out arguments regardless of who's present, but they also appear to have a particular distaste for Americans. Add to this the fact that Marion's friends hold nothing back when it comes to discussing their sexual lives, seem fixated on food rituals, and that Marion seems to run into former lovers on every street corner, and Jack quickly begins to suspect that he doesn't know his girlfriend half as well as he thought he did when they were living the simple life back in New York. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 26 min.

Directed by: Julie Delpy

Release Date: August 10, 2007

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  • moonrivers
    March 11, 2012
    moonrivers
    He' s from New York and extremely neurotic and temperamental. She's from Paris and a bit of a free spirit. Sound familiar? Fans of Annie Hall will immeadiately recognise where the blueprint for the couple came from, only here they're attempting to negogiate, in essence, a peac... read moree accord between two great world cities. Not a bad cribbing after the credits roll.
  • blacksheepboy
    February 4, 2010
    blacksheepboy
    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.
  • jennifxu
    October 31, 2008
    jennifxu
    Woody Amelie. It's just like Before Sunrise but funnier, nastier, and more sexual.
  • deano
    May 25, 2008
    deano
    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.
  • puffchunk
    May 15, 2008
    puffchunk
    Smart movie about relationships vs. cultural differences. At first you hate the characters, but by the end you kinda feel like you are them.
  • ceWEBrity
    February 16, 2008
    ceWEBrity
    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..." film... read mores.

    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.
  • romy861
    December 28, 2007
    romy861
    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 dra... read moreg along at all as some movies of it's type can.
  • dunmyer
    August 19, 2007
    dunmyer
    [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/1... read more724zt1.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]
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    [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]
  • gator681
    August 28, 2007
    gator681
    [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 Mario... read moren'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]
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    [font=Century Gothic]On that note, I am going on vacation myself and will return to these pages on September 9.[/font]
  • chihoe
    April 12, 2012
    chihoe
    Penned and directed by Julie Delpy, "2 Days in Paris" is quite similar to "Before Sunrise" with its commentary on relationships and social affairs, but presented in a more humourous and meaner light. It introduces eccentric characters, tours the communal sights of Paris, and poke... read mores fun at American and French culture clashes, while allowing a balance of ease and unease between the couple as their likeness and differences in views take centre stage.

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Critic Reviews

Mark Bourne
February 5, 2008
Mark Bourne, Film.com

...an impressive, funny urban comedy of manners from a suitably distinctive voice that I hope we'll hear again soon. Full Review

Carrie Rickey
September 22, 2007
Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer

A movie that is as acutely painful as it is acutely funny. Full Review

Richard Nilsen
September 6, 2007
Richard Nilsen, Arizona Republic

The last time I laughed so hard at a movie, it was Nigel Tufnel telling us his amplifier went to 11. Full Review

Tom Long
August 31, 2007
Tom Long, Detroit News

Bright and engaging a great deal of the time, but it ends up exhausted. Full Review

Terry Lawson
August 31, 2007
Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press

Delpy does the old-[Woody] Allen thing a lot better than most, and does for Paris what Allen did for Manhattan, making it look newly romantic even to those who have lived there all their lives. Full Review

Colin Covert
August 30, 2007
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune

Goldberg and Delpy also give their characters a wistful charm, and Delpy's zippy, dialog-heavy screenplay sparkles with wit. Full Review

Joe Baltake
August 25, 2007
Joe Baltake, Passionate Moviegoer

'2 Days in Paris' is at once companionable and challenging, and like most worthwhile films these days, also is both derivative and original. Full Review

Mick LaSalle
August 24, 2007
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

It's possible to watch 2 Days in Paris and have absolutely no idea who's calling the shots. This is excellent news because it means that we gain a director without losing an actress. Full Review

Jonathan Rosenbaum
August 24, 2007
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader

Satirical and casual in its approach, and Delpy's grasp of the material is assured. Full Review

Roger Ebert
August 24, 2007
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

[Delpy has] created two original, quirky characters so obsessed with their differences that Paris is almost a distraction. I don't think I heard a single accordion in the whole film. Full Review

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