2 Days In Paris

Ah, the romantic comedy. So many are pumped out at us it feels as if it should have several sub categories

The Classic (Annie Hall, Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind)
The Surprisingly Charming (Love Actually)
The Comically Redeemable (Wedding Crashers, Just Friends)
The Ugly (you've seen 'em)

I'm not sure what sub category Julie Delpy's new '2 Days In Paris' belongs in. Probably somewhere in between The Surprisingly Charming and Comically Redeemable. All I can tell you is it does paint a fair portrait of a couple on holiday and it is damn funny.
Basically, this is 'Meet The Parents' set in Paris; but here, Adam Goldberg replaces Ben Stiller's nerdy awkwardness with quintessential neurotic, New Yorker sarcasm. He is the classic Woody Allen understudy: cynical, motor-mouthed, hypochondriac; and basically, the perfect American stereotype to throw in Paris, a city notorious for American-bashing.
After your classic Americans-on-holiday European vacation, Delpy takes boyfriend Goldberg to meet her parents in her hometown of Paris. As if dealing with an over-sensitive mother and extroverted father weren't enough, Goldbreg gets to do battle with a barrage of her exes, a snotty sister, and a real life animal rights 'ferry'. "This isn't Paris", he finally snaps, " This is HELL!"
The film succeeds both as a comedy and a commentary on a couple losing their understanding of each other. Delpy creates a more interesting plot-arc here while managing to touch on terrorist-attack paranoia abroad as well as French bigotry. I've heard of couples losing their romantic lunch while on holiday, and this is a nice valentine for them.