Ava R
True Impact (warning: spoilers)
I've seen movies and shows portray suicide, but not like this one. It was only by coincidence that I found out about this rare film, and I am so grateful that I did. Paul Rudd's performance impacted me in a way few words can describe, and while this film is relatively unknown, it is surely one of the very best performances of his career.
The main character, Paul Miller, is a suicidal out of work actor who has decided to create a documentary filming his last days before taking his life. He shares his moments closing up unfinished business with disconnected friends, family, and colleagues. While most are unsure of his sincerity, Paul has already decided his fate. The documentary can be viewed as a subconscious propeller to force him into suicide, for not only ending his life, but the completion of a film, thereby fulfilling a sense of purpose. As the filmmakers spend more time with Paul, realising the seriousness of his intentions, they search for reasons to convince him to live.
On the night before the morning of his planned suicide, Paul decides to film one last speech. This scene is the emotional entrée to something far worse to come. Paul sits in the car and turns on the engine. The exhaust smoke enters the car, and the carbon monoxide quickly takes effect. Coughing, gasping, and drifting in and out of consciousness, you watch the most soul crushing scene you are likely ever to see. In his exhausted, weakened and almost deceased body, Paul attempts to open the door. You wonder if he'll make it, or if it will be the same regretful struggle and panic of all suicide's entertaining consciousness. This scene in its raw sincerity and truth lays bare the body's primal fight to live. It is terrifying to watch.
By rare miracle, he only just manages to open the door. He wakes up in hospital. The poisoning will affect him for the rest of his life. His last scene is on a beach, still in his gown. He is lost, now with the weight, worry, grief and pain of his attempt, on himself and everyone in his life. And yet, it is still worth living.
The film provides an insight that is rarely portrayed in such a raw and heart-rending way, in showing the consequential reality of suicide. In his guilt of the aftermath; his problems are not solved, and he is not dead. He is alive, and he will continue to live.
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Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
04/17/25
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daniel k
Paul Rudd was in this movie.
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03/31/23
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Hard to watch. Probably funnyman Paul Rudd's most dramatic role to date, mildly down and out actor Paul (Paul Rudd) takes us on his journey to film what are supposed to be his last two days before he kills himself. Slightly down on his luck professionally, but as described by his friends, much better situated than 90% of the people in the world, Paul just wants it all to end. Always the filmmaker, he decides that filming this descent towards death may be his crowning achievement. After friends and family and his film crew try to get it through to Paul that once he's dead, he doesn't get to see and acknowledge the F You's and haha's to the world, he nevertheless displays a certain stubbornness that he just doesn't care. Will he go through with his plan? Will his friends be able to embark on this journey with him? As difficult as it is to join Paul in his journey as an audience, it's a crowning achievement in eliciting an emotional response from the viewer. Paul Rudd turns in an outstanding performance.
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01/31/23
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Probably because it was made a while ago, there are moments but rather inconsistent in general.
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Rated 2 out of 5 stars
02/04/23
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despite its few flaws, it manages to be really funny and doesn't condescend to a serious issue.
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Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars
02/17/23
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Audience Member
Bordering on greatness and showcasing the talent that would later make Paul Rudd a star, Two Days examines the emotional impact of suicide and how we treat each other.
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Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars
02/25/23
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