samedi 12 mai 2012

2 Days in New York - 2012

This movie is the sequel to 2 Days in Paris (2007) and takes place in New York where Marion and her new boyfriend Mingus (Chris Rock) live. Each had a child from a previous relationship, so they are now a reconstituted family. 2 Days in New York tells the story of the two-day visit of her father, her sister and her boyfriend Manu to the Big Apple. Manu used to date Marion, so it makes things a bit awkward for Mingus from the beginning. As Delpy's mother played her own part in the movie but died in the meantime, Delpy decided to add her death to the script. 
In the movie, Marion prepares her own exhibition of photographs and invites her family to the vernissage. The encounter between Mingus and Marion's family members (and Manu), is a real culture shock. Once again, Delpy emphasizes stereotypes about French and American people, making her father appear like a unhinged man and her sister a very juvenile and sexually liberated woman.
2 Days in New York is as funny as 2 Days in Paris, even though Delpy's mother's death and her recent experience of pregnancy and motherhood made her write a script with main characters a little less carefree.

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