Two Days

Just got back from a movie with Heidi. She got passes to a screening of a new film called Two Days which was showing at the AFI Film Festival at the Arclight Cinemas in Hollywood. I do love that theater! (See my review of Rebel Without A Cause from Nov 3rd for details.) The director was there to introduce the film and he and one of the lead actors answered a few questions after the screening.

Two Days is a quasi-mockumentary (is there such a thing?) about a 30-year-old frustrated actor in Hollywood (played by the truly wonderful Paul Rudd) who decides to commit suicide and make a documentary film about the event.

I really loved this movie. It's very funny, sweet, and surprisingly emotional. Paul Rudd is excellent in the lead role and the supporting cast are quite good as well.

Because this film deals with the Los Angeles film scene, it probably wouldn't be very appealing to a mainstream audience. Also the subject matter is quite dark and a few people walked out of the screening. Ironically, the people who left did so just as the main character suggests that anyone in a movie theater watching his story would probably be running for the aisles at this point because people don't like to think about dark subjects like this!

I won't reveal the ending, but it was quite suspenseful. If you like offbeat comedies and have any sort of appreciation for caricatures of Hollywood personalities, you would probably enjoy this film.