2 Days in the Valley 1996

Critics score:
60 / 100

Reviews provided by RottenTomatoes

Susan Stark, Detroit News: Read more

Stephen Holden, New York Times: A sleek, amusingly nasty screen debut by a film maker whose television credits include an Amy Fisher docudrama. Read more

Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader: Herzfeld has a tolerable eye for filling a 'Scope frame but a tin ear when it comes to creating dialogue; these are all characters we've met before, and most even seem bored with themselves. Read more

Jack Mathews, Los Angeles Times: 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. Read more

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James Berardinelli, ReelViews: It's pure entertainment -- nothing too serious, nothing too deep -- with an artistic sensibility. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: The plot underlies even the most inexplicable scenes and eventually links even the most widely separated characters, but what makes the movie fun is the dialogue and the behavior. Read more

Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: Funny, pathetic, sad, absurdist -- writer-director John Herzfeld plays it any number of ways, and makes them all work. Read more

Time Out: Smoothly constructed, for such a busy piece of work, and Hatcher's ascent to stardom continues. Read more

Todd McCarthy, Variety: 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. Read more

Washington Post: Read more