2 Days in the Valley
In a sleepy bedroom community of LA's San Fernando Valley, the murder of a professional athlete by two hit men sets into motion a chain of events that puts the mundane lives of a dozen residents on a collision course. This clever tale tells the story of two hit men, a mistress, a nurse, a vindictive ex-wife, a wealthy art dealer and his lovelorn assistant, a suicidal writer and his dog, and a bitter cop and his partner.
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- Cast：
- Danny Aiello , Jeff Daniels , Teri Hatcher , Charlize Theron , James Spader , Eric Stoltz , Glenne Headly
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Just what I expected
Excellent but underrated film
Admirable film.
This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.
"2 Days in the Valley" feels like one of those '90s movies that walks in the footsteps of "Pulp Fiction" (cosmic coincidences, lives interweaving, all happening in L.A.) . . . "Go" has also been compared to Tarantino's movie, but that was at least darkly comic about it."Valley" never reaches the heights of those movies, even with such a large cast and an advertised catfight between Teri Hatcher and Charlize Theron. It's not funny and there's never really a payoff. Characters learn lessons about life, but that's where the movie gets syrupy. It's like a fantasyland version of Southern California.But a dull fantasy.5/10
I disagree with Berardinelli's review, I didn't find this film very entertaining,. To me it was more like they wanted to make an 'art film' but didn't know how to go about doing it. The movie makers cannot decide whether the film is a comedy, a thriller or something else...A pity, the cast is phenomenal but nothing transpires, other than Charlize Theron showing how stunningly beautiful she was as a young girl... Not even a great performance by Danny Aiello saves the day. I found mostly the Direction and the script to be sorely lacking. This is basically nothing else but a bunch of (decent) cameos clumsily stitched together to resemble a movie. All things considered, in my opinion this is not worth wasting your time on.
Several plot lines involving a multitude of characters eventually come together in this quirky comedy. The cast is awesome, with almost every character played by a familiar face. Despite such a collection of stars, however, the film never really takes off. The main problem is the uneven script that tries to balance too many plot threads and too many characters. Also, although it has its moments, the comedy is not funny enough. Herzfeld, who has mostly worked in TV, is in over his head here on both the writing and directorial fronts. In her first screen credit, Theron is an alluring bad girl and engages in a cat fight with Hatcher!
Only in Los Angeles,art there for sure-but for an enjoyable movie-come on! The dialogue uses f*** as a noun,verb,adjective & adverb in every scene with the characters as about as tasteless & bizarre as the attempted depiction of crime comedy. Worth seeing to get an understanding of how 'bad' current avant guard is? Rating should be "UW" - unwatchable. and best filed under 'junk mail' But- all types for all folk- See it and decide if this review and the reviewer 'need help'? The Producer/Director certainly do! Like so many 'Pulp Fiction'movies this was just one more attempt to open eyes to someones idea of reality in the Valley- Maybe,but surely even great art show be at least stimulating and give rise to one wondering - too much? In this day of information overload the movie is surely another piece or movie to be classed as junk mail at its prime?Chaque a son gout,but to have this shown as cinema in the most educated liberal sense is a reflection on how we are sinking, cinema should be able to be entertaining,this offering is flattered by a description of tastelessness at its finest.As for using 'comedy' even 'sick comedy' is stretching the English language beyond all meaning
