Film #91 of The December Project

I've loved Julie Delpy as an actress and as a writer/director for years, but I'm starting to worry that she's running out of ideas. 2 days in Paris felt unrehearsed, spontaneous, and painfully and embarrassingly honest. In contrast, 2 days in New York is a little bit too neat and perfect, and some of the outrageous gags are funny but they feel contrived and overwritten.

I miss the days when she presented these neurotic lovable characters and actually put them through their paces philosophically and emotionally. This one just felt sweet and nice in comparison, and I didn't enjoy it as much. I can't deny that I loved the jokes that did work and I felt everyone was amazing in their little private monologues, even Chris Rock! Her next film is going to need to push some boundaries a bit if she's going to continue to be successful.

Excellent sequel from the lovely Julie Delpy. A few years on from 2 Days in Paris, and Delpy's Marion now lives in New York with her partner Mingus (a more likeable than usual Chris Rock) and her eccentric family come to stay.
It threatens at times to veer into self-indulgence, but Delpy's charisma and sheer appeal keep the rudder steady. Rock injects plenty of common sense and is a more effective counterpoint to Delpy than Adam Goldberg's whiney Woody Allen-lite cipher in the first film.
It also has added poignancy, Delpy using the film to work out her feelings about the death of her mother in a charming way, free from the histrionics that result from such an approach. Excellent stuff, if perhaps not quite as good as Before Sunrise/ Sunset.

I first saw Julie Delpy twenty years ago in Killing Zoe (a movie I enjoy far more than I probably should) and I've been a fan ever since.

This is, I guess, a sequel to 2 Days in Paris, a movie I really enjoyed. The juxtaposition between Godberg the New Yorker and her French family in that film is echoed here with Rock and it works about as well as it did in that previous film. Delpy has a real knack for writing believable, yet interesting relationships and I think the fact she is personally acting out her written pages really helps that come to life.

It did stretch a little too much into pure farce in the latter parts of the film and I did not find that stuff quite as enjoyable, but everything up to that point was great fun and I will happily watch 2 Days in London, or Tokyo, or wherever, if it ever happens.

Although this movie is not nearly as funny as “2 Days in Paris,” it’s still highly enjoyable. Julie Delpy (star, co-writer, and director) plays the same character, Marion who is living in New York City with her young son. She has since broken up with Jack and has a new boyfriend, Mingus (Chris Rock). Marion’s family comes to visit her from Paris and we get to experience the delightful humor between the clashing French verses American culture. I really missed Adam Goldberg’s character but Chris Rock adds a new humor to the 2-days story.

Enjoyable French/American comedy. Although I highly doubt anyone's dad could be that retarded.

Intervallic, pedestrian and penetratingly nauseating.

Did Delpy get a pass on this because she's an admired, easy to love indie queen with past credibility? I don't know but this hackneyed, awkwardly unfunny farcial flop irked and irritated me like no other film in some time.

Marion's family: ruining her relationships since 2007.

Likable film but has a Woody Allen thing about it. Also reminds me why I dislike the French but maybe the was the whole point.

This film is occasionally really funny, but often an awkward experience. Chris Rock is really good as he plays the straight man through most of the film to the overly goofy family of his girlfriend who are just in from France. Julie Delpy is nice as she shows the dicotemy of her character with and without her family.

The family is where the problems lie. They are so over-the-top that it takes away from the menaing of her character's arc.

Overall, I'm glad I saw this film, I just wish they would have pulled back a bit on the family.

4 years after their hectic trip to Paris, Marion (Julie Delpy) and boyfriend ajack have now parted company, bough not before conceiving a son, Lulu. Marion and Lulu now share an apartment with Marion's new boyfriend Mingus (Chris Rock), and his daughter. All is going well, until Marion's dad, sister and her boyfriend pay them a visit.......
This pleasantly surprised me and was a really good farce in the best French tradition

I first saw Julie Delpy twenty years ago in Killing Zoe (a movie I enjoy far more than I probably should) and I've been a fan ever since.

This is, I guess, a sequel to 2 Days in Paris, a movie I really enjoyed. The juxtaposition between Godberg the New Yorker and her French family in that film is echoed here with Rock and it works about as well as it did in that previous film. Delpy has a real knack for writing believable, yet interesting relationships and I think the fact she is personally acting out her written pages really helps that come to life.

It did stretch a little too much into pure farce in the latter parts of the film and I did not find that stuff quite as enjoyable, but everything up to that point was great fun and I will happily watch 2 Days in London, or Tokyo, or wherever, if it ever happens.