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Julie Delpy's "2 Days in Paris" has been compared to the films of Woody Allen, particularly his "Annie Hall." I can understand the the comparisons, even though I continue to have a fondness for "Annie Hall" that I'll never have for this film.
Delpy and Adam Goldberg play, respectively, Marion and Jack, an unmarried couple in Year 2 of a possible permanent relationship. They live in New York City where she is a photographer and he is an interior designer. They spend a vacation in Venice which turns out to be somewhat of a disaster, Marion feels, because Jack spent more time taking pictures than being with her. Now they are returning home and, on the way, they are stopping in Paris to retrieve Marion's pet cat she left in the care of her mother and to give Jack the opportunity to meet the folks that may be his future in-laws. The stay turns into a disaster worse than their experiences in Venice.
The problems arise from the fact that Jack doesn't speak a word of French and feels completely out of place and isolated in Paris, where Marion is surrounded by family, friends and, worst of all, her ex-lovers. Marion, who doesn't want to hurt Jack's feelings, tells Jack she has never had intimate relations with these men, but, when Jack learns differently, he interprets Marion's lies as bitter betrayals. He comes to view his girlfriend as a slut.
I think the comparisons between this film, which Ms. Delpy wrote, directed and scored, and Allen's comes from the fact that much of the dialogue in the film is observant and true to the natures of the individuals speaking it and some of it is actually funny, although not on Allen's level. The main difference between the two is that I really liked both Allen's and Diane Keaton's characters in "Annie Hall." Spending a couple days in Paris with Marion and Jack was a couple of days too many.
Grade: C+
Delpy and Adam Goldberg play, respectively, Marion and Jack, an unmarried couple in Year 2 of a possible permanent relationship. They live in New York City where she is a photographer and he is an interior designer. They spend a vacation in Venice which turns out to be somewhat of a disaster, Marion feels, because Jack spent more time taking pictures than being with her. Now they are returning home and, on the way, they are stopping in Paris to retrieve Marion's pet cat she left in the care of her mother and to give Jack the opportunity to meet the folks that may be his future in-laws. The stay turns into a disaster worse than their experiences in Venice.
The problems arise from the fact that Jack doesn't speak a word of French and feels completely out of place and isolated in Paris, where Marion is surrounded by family, friends and, worst of all, her ex-lovers. Marion, who doesn't want to hurt Jack's feelings, tells Jack she has never had intimate relations with these men, but, when Jack learns differently, he interprets Marion's lies as bitter betrayals. He comes to view his girlfriend as a slut.
I think the comparisons between this film, which Ms. Delpy wrote, directed and scored, and Allen's comes from the fact that much of the dialogue in the film is observant and true to the natures of the individuals speaking it and some of it is actually funny, although not on Allen's level. The main difference between the two is that I really liked both Allen's and Diane Keaton's characters in "Annie Hall." Spending a couple days in Paris with Marion and Jack was a couple of days too many.
Grade: C+
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