The pick of the weekend's films
6:05pm
If you’re planning a visit to the cinema this weekend, I recommend you bypass the cold, albeit visually impressive, ‘Atonement’, in favour of Julie Delpy’s first effort as an actor, writer and director, ‘2 Days in Paris’. The premise is simple: a couple round off a tour Europe by spending two days with the girl’s parents in the ‘city of love’, hoping to inject fresh life into their flagging relationship. Not everything goes according to plan as the boyfriend, played by the relatively unknown Adam Goldberg grows increasingly troubled by his girlfriend’s past and swelling number of ex-lovers. It may sound like you’ve seen it all before – fans of Woody Allen will notice similarities – but Delpy breathes fresh life into the formula. The script is sharp and often hilarious, the camaraderie between the couple utterly seamless. Undoubtedly one of the most pleasurable cinema experiences of recent months. Go see!
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Oscar Miller
September 15th, 2007 6:50pmI loved this film. And was delighted that what hinted at being a re-run of well worn jibes at Americans (the film opens with Goldberg misleading some fat Bush t-shirt wearing Americans that they can easily walk to the Louvre in order to grab their space in the taxi queue) quickly turns into a clash of cultures that works as a superb satire on the French post '68 generation - and the relationship chaos that ensued. Funny, sharp, original and tender. Actually much better than most Woody Allen.