Vincent Gallo ate my soul

2 Days in New York

(2012)

Oh, my. I really liked Julie Delpy's previous Woody Allenesque directorial effort, 2 Days in Paris, but I was totally unprepared to be so tickled by slapstick as I was tonight--and I would not describe myself as someone who generally responds happily to slapstick. The lunatic script, mostly by Delpy and Alexia Landeau, who plays Marion's lunatic sister Rose, is consistently hilarious, and somehow manages to stay tethered just enough to a recognizable reality.

Chris Rock is perfect as Marion's boyfriend Mingus, whose blackness contributes less to his sudden maddening outsider status than does his Americanness, in the face of visiting in-laws from what is apparently the strangest land on Earth. As was the case in the Paris flick, Delpy's father, Albert Delpy, plays Marion's endearingly goofy father; sadly, her mother, Marie Pillet, was not around for this one.

Just an unbelievable delight.