Something of a mess, (I think it's meant to be a black comedy), but this amalgam of stories set, as the title tells us, over "2 Days in the Valley", involving a dozen or so characters is at least a very enjoyable mess with a terrific cast while the stories themselves are very nicely linked together. What it lacks is a decent script. That terrific cast aren't given the material to sink their collective teeth into so players as talented as Charlize Theron, Marsha Mason, James Spader, Eric Stoltz, Keith Carradine, Jeff Daniels and Teri Hatcher never rise to the occasion. Only Danny Aiello as a not very successful hitman and, surprisingly, Paul Mazursky, gently sending himself up, as a suicidally down-on-his-luck writer/director hit the mark. There's certainly a lot going on and since the main story involves a psychopathic killer, (Spader), it's never less than interesting.
Review of 2 Days in the Valley
