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Julie Delpy and Adam Goldberg are perfectly paired in this comedic take on a French-born photographer bringing her American boyfriend home to meet the family in a move that pushes their relationship to the limits.

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Julie Delpy and Adam Goldberg are perfectly paired in this comedic take on a French-born photographer bringing her American boyfriend home to meet the family in a move that pushes their relationship to the limits.

The oft exaggerated cultural differences between French and American cultures spark some unique and genuinely funny laughs. Trips to the market, an overly liberal view of sex, overly friendly Frenchman, and opinionated taxi drivers all contribute to what Goldberg called "the most un-romantic trip to Paris ever."

Perhaps the worst part of the movie was the final message, which appeared in only the last three minutes of the movie and basically asserts that at some point in life you will decide that you no longer have the energy for another break-up and that it would be altogether easier to simply settle down and stick it out. Call me crazy, but I would have expected a more romantic ending to a French movie.

Nevertheless, the unique humor is genuinely funny and the interactions between the four main characters (Delpy, Goldberg and Delpy's parents) are a lot of fun to watch.

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Posted oct 15, 2007 2:25 am pt

• [+] The New York Times
  
  90
  Audacious as it is, the movie is also a little scary.

  by Stephen Holden | Read Full Review »
• [+] Los Angeles Times
  
  80
  2 Days in Paris is pure Julie Delpy, figuratively and otherwise. Since first becoming known to American audiences in the early '90s, she's revealed herself to be an artist of sundry and unexpected talents, with a distinctive voice and point of view.

  by Carina Chocano | Read Full Review »
• [+] Empire
  
  80
  Quirky, fresh and sharply intelligent. A promising debut for director Delpy, both thought-provoking and painfully funny.

  by Liz Beardsworth | Read Full Review »
• [+] Baltimore Sun
  
  75
  The movie doesn't add up to much, but it's an effervescent expression of an odd brute-hummingbird sensibility.

  by Michael Sragow | Read Full Review »
• [+] Miami Herald
  
  75
  Amusingly raunchy.

  by Connie Ogle | Read Full Review »
• [+] Chicago Sun-Times
  
  75
  A smart film with an edge to it.

  by Roger Ebert | Read Full Review »
• [+] Portland Oregonian
  
  75
  The bickering lovers are generally likable, as are her quintessentially and hilariously Gallic parents (played by Delpy's real mom and dad).

  by Marc Mohan | Read Full Review »
• [+] San Francisco Chronicle
  
  75
  Perhaps the most promising thing in 2 Days in Paris is that Delpy shows that she can direct herself.

  by Mick LaSalle | Read Full Review »
• [+] Christian Science Monitor
  
  75
  Much of the nattery byplay seems improvised, and the results are very hit and miss - inspired contretemps alternate with gabfests that seem to go on forever.

  by Peter Rainer | Read Full Review »
• [+] TV Guide
  
  75
  Weighty and downbeat though that sounds, Delpy's film is delightfully light, especially when it's parsing the infinite variety of horrible French cabbies.

  by Maitland McDonagh | Read Full Review »
• [+] New York Daily News
  
  75
  Delpy wrote the dialogue that gives the film its forward thrust, and "2 Days" is a wonderful first feature.

  by Jack Mathews | Read Full Review »
• [+] The Onion (A.V. Club)
  
  75
  For all the verbal jokery, it's more tragedy than farce.

  by Tasha Robinson | Read Full Review »
• [+] Time
  
  70
  This anti romantic and anti-comic -- it's not as funny as Delpy seems to think it is -- movie may appeal to the dark side of your immune system.

  by Richard Schickel | Read Full Review »
• [+] Salon.com
  
  70
  Delpy's writing is sharply observed and often hilarious, and her own performance as the perennially enraged Marion -- whom she says was inspired by Robert De Niro's Jake LaMotta in "Raging Bull" -- is one of her most memorable.

  by Andrew O'Hehir | Read Full Review »
• [+] Slate
  
  70
  2 Days in Paris doesn't quite meet the "Before Sunset" standard of intricate, subtle dialogue and sharp psychological insight--then again, neither do many movies this side of Eric Rohmer. That this one is even bearable is a surprise; that it's occasionally insightful and hilarious is a treat.

  by Dana Stevens | Read Full Review »