Review of Two Days, One Night (2014) by Norm D — 11 Mar 2017
The ratings here must be the result of stuffed balloting. This title is a mildly interesting watch but, overall, not good.
+ Marion Cotillard reading a phone book probably would be worthwhile & interesting. And she gives a lot to this. Amazing that such a glam actress can play downscale so well.
+ But after watching for awhile one begins to wonder if they're watching a video of case studies for a psychology or perhaps community college business class, not a movie. The DVD extra materials reveals this is almost exactly the case, from the non-narrative book upon which it's based - as revealed by a couple of actual brother filmmakers who are slow-mo interviewed about their nebbish navel gazing for almost an hour.
The premise of this low budget meander is strange, a company delegating personnel staffing to a vote of the workers - part of why it seems like a hypothetical case study. It's mildly interesting because of Cotillard; but otherwise ... a sad yawn.
+ The production itself is shimmy shake until 20-mins in when a P.A. shows-up with a tripod for a few scenes. The problem with mostly handheld production in a drama - like for the bathroom or kitchen or bedroom scenes - is that there's an invisible additional person in every scene - the cameraman - & every shot is at a wobbly shoulder level. That's the case here. Again, not good.
+ The RT ratings are curiously inflated. Cotillard must privately regret the time spent on this, or else was somehow well paid anyway by the hapless financiers.
This review of Two Days, One Night (2014) was written by Norm D on 11 Mar 2017.
Two Days, One Night has generally received very positive reviews.
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