Two days in Paris
I like Julie Delpy. She is a smart, intelligent, witty actress who brings a lot to the films she stars in. I laughed a lot during most of this movie. Some critics compared her to Woody Allen with this movie and before I saw it I was somewhat shocked at this comparison. Now, I see what they mean. Apart from the portrayal of a neurotic Parisian returning home for two days to see her family and friends with her newish boyfriend in tow, there is also the sensation about two thirds of the way through that you have had enough – it is all very amusing but enough is enough. Just like I often feel with Woody Allen. This is a good little movie but … it becomes repetitive in the last part and I felt that I had got the message. The episode with the anti-MacDonald’s activist and the case of mistaken identity in the street that Jack experiences don’t really add to the plot and although the final ending is more or less satisfactory, getting there is not totally convincing. The best parts are those of Julie and her real life parents, 
most of which are lessons in culture. That of Paris and that of her own family and these make you laugh. Adam Goldberg does his bit as the neurotic American well enough, so much so that you end up sympathising with his desire that the
Enjoyable but not quite tight enough for a higher grade.
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