It pains me to write this capsule, really. Despite the lukewarm (at best) reviews, I was extremely excited to see 2 Days in Paris. After falling oh-so-deeply in love with Julie Delpy in Vienna and Paris in Before Sunrise & Before Sunset, how could seeing her stroll around Paris again be anything but delightful? Easily, as it turns out; 2 Days in Paris is a mix of awful Woody Allen and mental masturbation on Delpy’s part. There’s no fluidity to the banter between Delpy and Adam Goldberg, who’s miserably out of his element in a naturalistic setting; his delivery is painful, and Delpy is irritating where she should be whimsical and cute. Simply put, there’s no magic here. Delpy’s poor casting with Goldberg is a serious setback, but I’m not sure that there was any saving this one…Delpy clearly drank too deeply from her success in Linklater’s masterpieces, and bit off more than she could chew with a pretentious debacle. Here’s hoping she takes a deep breath, and returns to being my crush (and a hell of a talent).
19/100
#1 by Rich Saylor on September 19, 2009 - 12:55 pm
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My, you’re really tough to please, aren’t you? Did the movie touch a personal nerve with you, or what?
#2 by Gabe on September 19, 2009 - 1:46 pm
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Only in that I have a huge crush on Julie Delpy and loved her beyond belief in BEFORE SUNRISE and BEFORE SUNSET.
I’m actually fairly liberal in my grading, but this one rubbed every chord the wrong way.
#3 by Fladvad on December 19, 2010 - 9:00 pm
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SPOILER ALERT
Hi Gabe. I though this was quite the dark companion to the two Linklater movies. I actually felt on the edge of my seat the whole movie and felt very unsure on their relationship. There are so many romantic movies with happy endings, but so few that actually chronicles a true deteriorating relationship. I felt that 2 days in Paris pulled it off spectaculary. Browdy and Deply are suppose to have some chemistry, but not to be great people. They have reached the point where the aggrevate each other. We are not to pick sides, we are suppose to bear witness to how their relationship ends. I guess this is more drama than a romantic movie, and that could have been a shock for someone expecting BEFORE SUNRISE.