Julie
Delpy obviously loves New York, especially the Statue of Liberty, and
takes you all over the city with her new film “2 Days In New York” in
which she acts, directs, co-writes, edits, wrote music, did the editing
and also takes credit as one of the still photographers. That’s a lot of
work for one person even if she has assistants and it shows in the
final product. The directing and camera work gets a little sloppy at
times and the story is all over the place.

Marion
(Delpy) lives with Mingus (Chris Rock), each with a child from a
previous relationship, in a very non-Hollywood but very realistic New
York apartment. Marion is an artist and will be having a big exhibit
that she has invited her father Jeannot (her real father the actor
Albert Delpy) and her sister Rose (Alexia Landeau) from Paris. Rose
brings along Manu,  (Alex Nahon) who is an ex of Marion’s. Due to Manu
and Rose smoking a joint in the elevator in front of a neighbor Bella
(Kate Burton) who tells Marion that she is reporting them to get her
evicted from the building for a multitude of experiences like her son
painting the mailboxes. Marion fakes stage 4 cancer in her brain
changing Bella’s mind and will tell her surgeon husband Ron (Dylan Baker
who has been a very busy actor lately) who becomes very concerned,
particularly after seeing Rose nude which she often is in theapartment.

Though
their mother has died recently neither Rose or Jeannot seem to be
bothered about it. Why Rose, or anyone, would hook up with Manu, who is
very crass when it comes to talking about Blacks who he seems to admire
but it doesn’t come across that way, since many years ago he had sex
with Marion. In addition to her liking to be nude around the apartment
even the first time she meets Mingus the two sisters seem to be at each
others throat most of the time.

Like
the story lines Delpy tries too many different ways of being funny from
her father trying to smuggle in 30 cheeses and sausages taped around
his body to Chris Rock having private conversations with Barack Obama,
none of which are funny. There are some screwball antics along with
pigeons pooping on some people who have given Marion trouble and, with
trying everything, an occasional laugh out loud line.

Everything
about the movie, from the acting to the directing, is basically okay,
neither bad or good but just there to be watched.