i was such a HUGE fan of two days in paris, this one better not let me down.
love julie delpy, really love adam goldberg. granted he's not in this sequel,
but chris rock has replaced him as marion's boyfriend/roommate.
this one is pretty chaotic. family all over the place and while the characters are screaming on screen, you sort of want to yell out loud yourself. marion is now raising a child from her previous relationship while dating mingus, an intelligent radio dj, black, who doesn't smoke pot.
as marion and her boyfriend visit her family in paris, this time her mother has passed and her father and sister come to visit her and there new little addition to the family in new york. french stereotypes are played out a lot more in this film than i remember in the the last, which was sort of okay, but i'd like to see jokes that aren't reliant on that sort of thing.
delpy and rock are actually really great, i haven't seen rock do a real acting role since dogma. Her sister drags along her current boyfriend who also happens to be an ex of marion's. this is odd of course, even in france. madness ensures just due to stress and chaos of having family visit and it sort of turns into a "family is in town" comedy.
new york is definitely not as strong as pairs, but it was laughable and enjoyable overall, good performances, humor, and a decently filmed and written story. I think Julie Delpi should turn this series of films into stage plays.
Chris Rock said that when he read the script he thought that Ethan Hawke must have been dead if Julie Delpy was approaching him for the role. I am so ready for Before Moonset.
No comments:
Post a Comment