one of my absolute favorites!

There is just so much movie here. For some it may be too much. But in the same secretly sarcastic way most telemarketers say the phrase, the title of this one is particularly apt.

A lot of perfectly good film show their cards early, establish a unique premise and let the audience explore a topic at a leisurely pace, without much in terms of surprise. this film is not one of those films.

The movie is wonderful and true, an act of love in all its contradictions and complexity

Who did the music with the bluesy and gravely sound? Fantastic. I would like to get his CD or name. It sounded a lot like Otis Redding but I wasn't certain. It must have been an older recording. I was impressed by the selection of background tunes used in this film. Great job as it really added to the entire work. Please respond. Thank you. Terry wales92627@yahoo

It's a nice drama film but threads are picked up and dropped without adding to the plot. This is distracting and makes you wonder what was chopped out during editing to "tighten up" the movie. It's not that long, though (104 minutes) and scenes have been obviously reshot, so I think they simply ran out of money.For example, the "tough cop" played by Daniels receives a lot of screen time at first but then simply gets a letter stating that he has been dropped from active duty and oh, by the way, could he please turn in his gun and badge? Not only are those things done in person, we never see Daniels again. His character really isn't needed for the plot if he can be dropped without affecting it! Then there is the assassin, who gleefully shoots everyone at the drop of a hat but decides to knock out Stoltz's character instead. If Stoltz is needed alive later in the movie then why not have him escape, or shot but just wounded? You know the plot requires him later when Spader's character just bops him on the head.There are other problems as well, but I'm sure you'll notice them if you decide to watch. You just have to leave it up to sloppy writing/editing or really, really suspend your disbelief. :/

Since this film came out only two years later, it is hard to imagine that the phrase "pulp fiction" did not come up at the pitch meeting. But I thought that this movie was pretty good and can stand on its own despite the similarities, mainly the weaving together of disparate characters by events. It does run chronologically, unlike PF. It has an amazing cast, with two Oscars, and another five nominations among them. (Although some of these did come afterwards) Kudos for great performances by Danny Aiello, Eric Stoltz, Glenne Headly, Marsha Mason, Terry Hatcher, Charlize Theron, and in a smaller role, Ada Maris. Nice unobtrusive direction by John Herzfeld, who also has a writing credit. Worth checking out.

2 days in the Valley tries to go for the Quentin Tarantino dollar with a crime story with interlinked characters that starts off with a murder in the LA valley.James Spader is the smart and ruthless assassin. It is hard to think that he is the old, balding man from The Blacklist. His accomplice is Charlize Theron in an early role looking blond and hot and she has a memorable tiff with Teri Hatcher who is a one time Olympian whose ex has been murdered.Jeff Daniels plays a racist detective who is trying to get Eric Stoltz to bust Chinese massage parlours. Danny Aiello plays a fall guy, Paul Mazursky is an over the hill filmmaker fallen on hard times.The film needed a more darkly comic edge but it works sufficiently well enough as a thriller with some twists, despicable villains and a few people with heart even if they are on the wrong side of the law.