Kattiera Nana I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

AutCuddly Great movie! If you want to be entertained and have a few good laughs, see this movie. The music is also very good,

Hadrina The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

Cheryl A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

Raymond I liked the first installment "2 days In Paris", so I decided to watch this too. Nice, lighthearted fun, not to be taken too seriously.Acting is quite good, for this sort of movie. I was a bit cautious about Chris Rock at first, but I think he was really good in this. Gave me a whole new perspective for the man as he is the "serious" one in this movie. Most of the fun comes from conservative Chris Rock clashing with the french family. There's quite a few good laughs.As of writing this, I had to stop and think what was this movie about again, even tho I just saw it. I can't really say actually, there's no major plot here. Having said that, there seems to be a need to explain a lot of things in the script. Julie Delpy acts the certain way in this movie and it's in my opinion quite needlessly explained in the end. The finale feels a bit cheap to me, a bit too obvious try to tie things together.The look of the movie is also a bit cheapish. I don't know if it's the camera used, the set deco or what, but there's a TV show feel compared to "2 days in Paris", which felt more like Cinema with a capital C. This could've been an extended episode of a TV sitcom (think of Friends..).Not a bad way of spending an evening, but nothing remarkable either. The writing and dialog is quite fun. It's in a away reminiscent of Woody Allens 00's movies when he wasn't on top of his game and did stuff like "Anything Else" etc. You can see that there's talent involved, but it just doesn't quite deliver nor make a memorable movie.

Scarecrow-88 A sequel-of-sorts to Delpy's own "2 Days in Paris" (which had Adam Goldberg as her lover meeting her family), "2 Days in New York" transplants her character's story to The Big Apple, with her excitable, "lust for life" father (Albert, Julie's real life papa) and promiscuous, sexually liberated sister (Alexia Landeau) , along with Alexia's pot-smoking, numbskulled, unfiltered boyfriend (Alexandre Nahon) visiting from Paris for two days. Delpy is now with Chris Rock, and their relationship gets very complicated when the relatives' wacky antics and unpredictable behavior often result in exhaustion, bickering, miscommunication, and embarrassment. Rock's brand of humor is far more understated and kept under restraint here, but his reactions to Alexia's constant hostile interactions with Delpy (sisters will be sisters, right?), awkward exchanges with Albert due to the language barrier, and Alexandre's dopey ill-advised (…out-of-touch, out-dated, and wrong-headed) comments (and difficulty with the English language; he proved to be the worst interpreter for Albert) often about American (and African American) culture are priceless (and realistic). Delpy's character goes through a bit of mid-life crises (she's only 37 but feels old, fat, and a failure in relationships), but her relations with Rock are at times touching, frustrating, amusing, and prone to madness. There's seems to be an ease and congeniality between them before the family arrives, with the expected chaos that comes when a group of mixed personalities stays in one location for any period. A gallery show for Delpy's photography where her most extravagant piece is her "soul" (where she loses it when a nasty critic verbally assaults her work in a calm tone), Rock's topics on his political radio show soon including Delpy's relatives and a caller a bit too flirtatious, Delpy trying to get her contract (selling the soul) from pretentious actor Vincent Gallo which results in fisticuffs (!), a tenant threatening to have Delpy and Rock evicted due to noise (Delpy tells her she has a brain tumor just to stop this from happening, creating a whole litany of ensuing problems!), Alexia's walking around nude under a shirt (provoking Dylan Baker's lust! He has a small role as a doc) and looking for hookups after sending Alexandre packing, Delpy and Alexia at odds about EVERYTHING (they like to take swipes at each other about their supposed flaws and life's mistakes made), the measuring of Delpy's child's penis when Alexia says he's got a "micropenis", and Alexandre having a drug dealer meet him in Rock and Delpy's apartment to score some weed (!) are just some of the moments that really create a tumultuous and hectic degree of anxiety, surprise, strife, and, most of all, humor. I really enjoyed this movie. Kind of like a Woody Allen movie, with a mix of French and African-American characters together for quite the interesting comic cocktail. I love Delpy from the Linklater "Before" movies, and her character goes through a lot of relatable trials involving a woman dealing with a family that can be a handful, trying to survive the opening of her work (focusing on her life from certain points) with all the pressure that comes with possible (or no) success, coping with insecurities, and a surprise pregnancy. Rock's conversations with Obama (a billboard of him) cracked me up. I also enjoyed the location shooting; it feels like the 70s/80s when New York was alive with us following characters populating its setting. Delpy has learned a lot working with talented artists; she has a firm grasp on directing actors, developing characters, and shooting the unfolding story.

Tim Johnson We saw 2 Days in New York several days ago at Essex Luna in Fremantle and both of us enjoyed it very much. As with most Delpy creations this film is quirky but because it takes place in New York it is even more quirky. Chris Rock forms the other half of his marriage with Delpy as his wife and the fact that her odd family joins them, as you would, when visiting the city makes for a very funny set of odd-bod people doing their best to live in an already odd city.The situations are city orientated but particularly that New York orientated. I had the feeling that the marriage was holding together tenuously before the arrival of "the family" so the partial unravelling is not totally unexpected. Delpy as the writer, director and actor knows precisely what she wants to convey and she does it with a viewer sense of immediacy.This is one of those delightful art house movies that dance entertainingly between comedy and knowing-sadness and I enjoy them tremendously for just those attributes. It is an exaggerated peak into a life that I can only imagine and would hardly expect even exists in a much subdued form except that here it is on the screen in Fremantle halfway around the world from where it takes place.There are probably many commentators that well decry the film because it is too "phony", too contrived and therefore should not exist on film. I, however, believe that all films except documentaries are inherently contrived and exist on the plane of being "movies" and should always be seen as fiction and made for our enjoyment. Many commentators lose track of this idea of "enjoyment" and forget the concept of artistic license. After this bit of trivial writing I will read the negative comments and see if they have fallen into that trap of denial because of lost reality.

Likes_Ninjas90 French-American actress Julie Delpy is the writer, director and star of 2 Days in New York, a sequel to her earlier project 2 Days in Paris (2007). Her character Marion has broken up with her former partner Jack and now lives in a New York apartment with her child and boyfriend Mingus (Chris Rock). Mingus is a radio announcer and journalist. He has a child from another relationship, who lives with both he and Marion. Their relationship is thrown into disarray when Marion's father (Albert Delpy, the director's real life father) and her sister Rose (Alexia Landeau) and her boyfriend Manu (Alex Nahon) come to stay with them. While having to work their daily lives around their relatives, Marion is also trying to organise a gallery of her artwork, which includes trying to sell her own soul, along with images of her past relationships that are on public display. Why is it unusual for a small indie film to attract a sequel? Some don't earn enough money at the box office to warrant another entry. Other indie films are tightly scripted in a way that completes the hero's journey satisfactorily, with no other means for continuation. 2 Days in Paris (2007) was a solid indie hit for Julie Delpy, earning just over 19 million dollars internationally on a modest budget. Now Delpy has opted to explore a new part of Marion's life: the strain of a relationship that has children involved. This sequel also tries to subvert the main joke and concept of the first movie: the French relatives are now the outsiders in America, instead of Marion's partner, but the cultural and language barriers are still thematically intact. It's not a particularly drastic or original shift in concept, but there are some major improvements. Delpy's script is a lot funnier and wittier than the first movie. Though the scenes are still episodic, there are more memorable, clever moments, like when Marion has to pretend that she has a terrible illness, with a visible limp, so that her neighbours won't file a noise complaint. Another positive for the film is the inclusion of Chris Rock, a much more likable and humorous presence than Adam Goldberg's grumpy character, who is now absent. Chris Rock has a very expressive face, which means that he effectively communicate a lot of straight-faced humour in silence. I like his comic timing too. He's well-cast. Until late in the narrative, the film also seems to flow much smoother. Paris had a lot of long, drawn-out sequences, whereas this film reminded me more of a TV sitcom, which fits neatly with its New York apartment setting. Those are the most improved aspects of Delpy's writing and direction. However, even at a meager ninety minutes, the film is still overlong and the pacing dips significantly. It's funny but lacks real dramatic high points to keep us fully engaged, a balance that the great slice of life filmmakers like Alexander Payne (Sideways, The Descendants) never seem to omit. And by the end, many of Delpy's quirkier elements feel unsatisfying or overly ambiguous. The comments about her selling her soul because she doesn't believe in an afterlife teeter on being overly precious, as do the rushed philosophical ramblings about her mother and growing up. I would have liked more time spent carefully reflecting and unfolding these aspect of Marion's character to make this movie as deep as it is funny.