Highly Overrated - most people will be bored silly
"Two Days, One Night" represents the 3rd of five Best Actress Oscar nominated films that I viewed before the Academy Awards show. Beautiful Marion Cotillard in a unglamorous role plays a woman who has missed an extended period of work because of depression, and has become a pill popper in the mean time, who is going to lose her job. The boss offered her co-workers a grand in bonuses if they vote to cut her loose, or they can forfeit their bonus and keep her, but it was up to them. Marion, with only a couple days and a night spends her time feeling sorry for herself, and also attempting to meet and speak with her co-workers individually to encourage them to turn down their bonus so she can keep her job. If she loses it then odds are her family will be on public assistance. This is a french film with subtitles, and like a lot of french movies it is pretty melodramatic. The script just repeats itself with each person she meets. This is one of those movies that you wonder what the academy saw when they nominated this. I dig Cotillard like the next guy, but she hardly stood out compared to other actresses who were overlooked. This will probably bore most people. ** out of 4 stars. If you are a Marion Cotillard fan then check it out. All others can skip this.
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