Two Days in the Valley
1,062
Thriller. Mystery
Lee Woods (James Spader) is a cold-blooded hit man and Dosmo Pizzo (Danny Aiello) a soft-at-heart gangster; they've been sent to murder Roy Foxx (Peter Horton), the former husband of also-ran Olympic skier Becky Foxx (Teri Hatcher). Lee's girlfriend Helga (Charlize Theron) is unhappy about his habit of killing people, and she attracts the attention of Alvin (Jeff Daniels) and Wes (Eric Stoltz), two cops who've been put on vice detail ... [+]
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"To the director's credit, the actors all seem responsive to his touch, giving performances that are lively and flavorsome, if not deep or unlike anything each of them has done before." | ||||
"Herzfeld has a tolerable eye for filling a 'Scope frame but a tin ear when it comes to creating dialogue" | ||||
"Funny, pathetic, sad, absurdist -- writer-director John Herzfeld plays it any number of ways, and makes them all work." | ||||
"It's pure entertainment -- nothing too serious, nothing too deep -- with an artistic sensibility." | ||||
"On the whole, there are some good moments in the movie, but altogether, 2 Days in the Valley is about one day too much." | ||||
"There are too many characters, but some are a lot of fun. The tone shifts, from graphic murder to wig-flipping farce, are too extreme, but much of it works." |
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