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Reviewed by: ciml
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Shallow, Unsympathetic Characters?
This really is a "love it or hate it" film. The concept was promising but for me, Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson failed to convey any depth or inspire any sympathy for their characters. I feel dishonest awarding even one whole star for this film.
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Reviewed by: BB
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Slow
Starts off well but soon becomes very slow and boring.
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Reviewed by: Kevin Stanley
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Lost in Scarlett's Eyes
Unlike many of her contemporaries Sofia Coppola writer and director of both The Virgin Suicides and Lost In Translation appears focused upon making films that are honest, acutely observational and believable.
It's testimony to her apparent refusal to indulge viewers' expectations or resort to Hollywood contrivances that Lost In Translation is immeasurably more genuine and charming than the majority of thoughtless films that Hollywood churns out.
Coppola also makes sure to give her actors freedom to perform, unlike many heavy-handed Hollywood directors. And it pays off brilliantly as Bill Murray gives what is the most reserved and understated performance of his career, which is also his absolute finest.
Scarlett Johansson.Scarlett Johansson is an actress who is also currently on top form. She has a truly intoxicating screen presence and produces a complex yet delightfully genuine performance.
The central characters, Bob and Charlotte, find that they themselves are lost in translation, lost in a foreign country, unable to sleep and bewildered by Japanese customs.
The cinematography is certainly inventive too. The flash cuts between scenes (which in isolation would appear to be of little importance) highlight this unstable dreamlike state that they find themselves in.
Only when they find each other and become soul mates of a sort do they begin to re-evaluate their lives and start to find new perspective through their relationship.
Ultimately they share more with each other over whiskey and cigarettes than they ever could in bed.
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Reviewed by: Rubber Ducky
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Adorable and gently funny
I am one of the pople who adores this film. It is about a tired, disillusioned film star, who is still in great demand for his advertising pull in Japan, and his relationship with a young, intelligent, but bored woman who happens to be staying in Japan. They meet by chance and embark on a platonic friendship which could so easily develop into something else. The rapport between them and humour they share is unusual, unpredictable and thoroughly engaging. My 16-year-old son and I were engrossed for the entire film and didn't want it to end. We actually thought the ending was quite clever and it led to much discussion and philosophising about 'what happens next'.
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Reviewed by: Sylm_2000, Woking
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A movie deserving OSCAR
It was such a gripping movie, strong in human expressions ... although with a very predictable end but again .... a very tightly knit story line and fantastic performance by Bill.
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Reviewed by: Robert S.
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Great film
Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson are superb in this poignant tale of love lost and found. Highly recommended! (If you have an attention span that is not limited to playing a video game for 5 hours)
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Reviewed by: Lynda
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Where was the ending.....
Easy watching but wanted a proper ending, just left in limbo.
Interesting for anyone travelling to Japan, perhaps
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Reviewed by: Pete Husky
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Lost in production, too!
Atmospheric yes; acclaimed, yes...Arty, yes... but ultimately most people will be put off by the fact that there is no plot. Nothing actually happens. At all. Which makes 2 hours rather a long time.
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Reviewed by: Pete Husky
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Lost in production, too!
Atmospheric yes; acclaimed, yes...Arty, yes... but ultimately most people will be put off by the fact that there is no plot. Nothing actually happens. At all. Which makes 2 hours rather a long time.
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Reviewed by: Pete Husky
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Lost in production, too!
Atmospheric yes; acclaimed, yes...Arty, yes... but ultimately most people will be put off by the fact that there is no plot. Nothing actually happens. At all. Which makes 2 hours rather a long time.
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Reviewed by: Pete Husky
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Lost in production, too!
Atmospheric yes; acclaimed, yes...Arty, yes... but ultimately most people will be put off by the fact that there is no plot. Nothing actually happens. At all. Which makes 2 hours rather a long time.
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Reviewed by: 'Mandy.C'
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Not for me
Not for me I'm afraid, I just didn't get it!
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