Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Dense
- Violence
- None
- intellectual
- alienated
- ironic
- arthouse film night
- film studies viewing
What critics said
Critics broadly regard Godard's formally innovative Paris essay as a major turning point that rewards repeated viewings despite resisting conventional narrative expectations.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The film explicitly presents itself as a dramatised documentary about Paris, Juliette Janson, and Marina Vlady.
Jean-Luc Godard provides the narrator's voice, turning ordinary scenes and quoted language into reflective inquiry.
Close attention to coffee, commodities, advertising-like imagery, and the new Paris exposes commercialism's emotional emptiness.
Paris, Juliette's domestic life, prostitution, low incomes, and resignation to distant war are treated as interconnected conditions.
Films like 2 or 3 Things I Know About Her, and why
Weekend
shared french new wave experimentation, urban alienation, political commentary, and essayistic form
Vivre sa vie
shared french new wave modernism, reflexive narration, fractured romance, and consumer-culture critique
Le petit soldat
shared dramatised documentary mode, philosophical voice-over, and contemplative examination of everyday life
Movie Details
- Director
- Jean-Luc Godard
- Release Date
- 1967-03-17
- Runtime
- 87 min
- Rating
- 6.2 / 10 (220)
Cast
- Marina Vlady
- Jean-Luc Godard
- Anny Duperey
- Roger Montsoret
- Raoul Lévy
- Jean Narboni
- Yves Beneyton
- Juliet Berto
- Helena Bielicic
- Christophe Bourseiller
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is 2 or 3 Things I Know About Her about?
- Jean-Luc Godard turns 1960s Paris into a restless philosophical collage about consumerism, commodification, and emotional numbness.
- What is 2 or 3 Things I Know About Her like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of 2 or 3 Things I Know About Her as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as dense.
- Is 2 or 3 Things I Know About Her violent?
- No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in 2 or 3 Things I Know About Her.
- What did critics think of 2 or 3 Things I Know About Her?
- Critics broadly regard Godard's formally innovative Paris essay as a major turning point that rewards repeated viewings despite resisting conventional narrative expectations.
- Which films are like 2 or 3 Things I Know About Her?
- Films with a similar feel include Weekend, Vivre sa vie, and Le petit soldat.
- How long is 2 or 3 Things I Know About Her?
- 2 or 3 Things I Know About Her runs 87 minutes.
- Where can I watch 2 or 3 Things I Know About Her?
- In United States, 2 or 3 Things I Know About Her streams on HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max.
