Two Hours Not In Bruges
Posted on | July 6, 2008 at 11:25 am | Comments Off
Movie/DVD Review Sunday!
2 Days In Paris is a movie that starts off funny and interesting, but kind of falls apart by the end. N and I watched the DVD last night and enjoyed it, with some reservations. It’s the story of two lovers Marion and Jack, played by Julie Delpy and Adam Goldberg, who are on their way back to New York from a vacation in Venice and stop off to visit her parents in Paris. The parents are crazy old artist hippie types and there is much predictable but funny culture clash between Jack and them (and the other denizens of Delpy’s Paris). But then as more of Marion’s past comes to light (along with her anger management issues), the movie takes some darker turns, while still trying to pass itself off as something of a farce.
Star Delpy directed as well as wrote the movie, and her real life parents play her character’s parents in the movie. It’s a real family affair. Obviously she put a lot of herself into the film, and it shows. There’s some rawness and grittiness to Paris that you don’t always see in other movies set there. Goldberg’s character is actually likable in the movie (not always the case with him) and I cared more about Jack than I did about Marion, even if he was a bit of a whiner. So kudos to Delpy for showing the flaws in her character’s character. By the end of the movie, I did feel I got to know the characters better, but I’m not sure I was better off for it.
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