2 Days in Paris

Starring Julie Delphy and Adam Goldberg. If you like Woody Allen then you'll enjoy this - a similar style. If you don't like Woody Allen - you'll probably still enjoy this tale of American Jack & French born Marion, two years into their relationship and their couple of days to visit Marion's parents and Marion's flat (upstairs from her parents). The other star of this film is a cat - dropped off by the couple on their way through Paris to a short break in Venice, and now being collected on their way back to New York. In fact one of funniest scenes I have ever watched in a movie involves the cat, clutched in Marion's arms as she and her mother have a furious row in French whilst Jack watches, uncomprehendingly. Much of the humour of the film derives from Jack's inability to speak or understand French, and the unwillingness of the French to speak English. During the two days the couple seem to meet all Marion's past lovers (possibly present lovers in Jack's view) and there are several wonderful taxi journeys where the drivers flirt, insult, argue, propagandise and generally philosphise with Marion. Marion gets them thrown out of a restaurant, and a taxi, Jack gets arrested and Jack begins to believe that she is out to bed the entire male population of Paris. Along the road we get quite a wry examination of a relationship, and some quite profound thoughts on what goes on between men and women. At the end of the two days Jack declares 'We've been together for two years but I really don't know you at all'. He's wrong though, and things do end well - sort of. This film is really a joy and highly recommended 8/10