What a bitter pill. Julie Delpy does a great job exhibiting a couple dismantling while on holiday, capturing the paranoia and sheer anger when one learns their partner may not be exactly what they seem (at least not for the first six-twelve months of a relationship). Balancing sympathy with disdain for both her own character, Marion, and Adam Goldberg’s Jack, Delpy does pull a bit of a Woody Allen with her humor at times, more in line with Deconstructing Harry than Annie Hall. The most telling moment may be after an apparently consequential blow-up – Marion wanders Paris alone, and has a sudden, happier vision of herself and Jack as they might have been, if only one or both of them had bothered to let go of their insecurity and self-ego.
by Jenny Jediny | Source: Samuel Goldwyn Films 35mm Print
30 Sep 2007 11:34 PM | Submit Comment
