“Two Days” is a dark indie comedy starring Paul Rudd, Adam Scott, and Karl Wiedergott. The movie was made in 2003 by indie director Sean McGinley. After failing to become a successful Hollywood actor Paul Miller (Rudd) becomes unable to cope with his depression and decides that suicide is the best option. Paul decides to gather a group of friends and have them film his final few days as a documentary with the climax being the actual suicide. The arrogant Stu (Scott) and his friend Charlie (Wiedergott) accept the responsibility of directing the film, as they have no problem filming because they don’t think he is capable of suicide.
As the movie progresses we begin to meet some of the so-called “friends”, who are big Hollywood stars and producers who just seem to ignore Paul’s existence. Much like the crew you feel like he’s not going to go through with his suicide attempt, but as you meet these people and see the way they’ve ignored him you begin to understand the depression he’s going through. It makes you wonder if he is actually going to do it or not.
Paul Rudd and Adam Scott, who you’ve recently become accustom to seeing now in bigger named films such as “Step Brothers” and “Knocked Up”, really shine in this movie. To see them in a low- budget film and give the performances they normally do is very entertaining, although acting was a big positive it still had performances that were below standard to say the least. Rudd and Scott carried the film, but the poor quality actors who surround them start to ware it down. Some of the actors playing the crew members like the sound guy (Joshua Leonard) who thinks himself a guru and a beyond nerdy Silent Bob rip-off (Matt Hoey) were truly annoying. I don’t know if it was an ode to Kevin Smith or what, but this character did not speak once and I felt like it was only missing some philosophical conversation between him and Paul Miller.
Overall this movie was something I wouldn’t pay more than a couple bucks to buy, but luckily I found it for instant streaming on Netflix. I would only recommend this movie to Paul Rudd fans or fans of the idea, which seemed pretty original; this isn’t something for the serious movie watcher or the ones hoping for a drop-dead comedy (no pun intended), but if you can find it at a local store for a couple bucks you should definitely watch it with some friends.