Search - Lost in Translation on DVD

K. K. (GAMER)
Reviewed on 10/11/2022...

Big fan of Bill Murray. This one made you think it would keep better and you kept waiting for something that just never happened. Sofia Coppola directed this but it fell short in comparison to great directing by Francis Ford Coppola.

A beautiful story about loneliness and hope

Andrea Faiman | 09/22/2010

(5 out of 5 stars)

"For those people who have reviewed this as boring - you are completely missing the point - but I'm not going to argue with you. This film tells the honest story of a lonely man in a troubled marriage - lost in a big noisy metropolis at the top of a big empty hotel. It's perfect - for the way it accurately tells that story. Sofia Coppola succeeds in pulling you inside the hotel and feeling that unique feeling of being away from home - lost. She has a way of pulling the viewer into the emotion of a scene and not letting go - where others may cut away - she makes sure you see those looks, those glances - those moments that we all understand. That is where the strength of this film lies - in its ability to yearn for its characters. I even liked Ana Faris's performance - although she was characterised as a pinheaded actress - the dialogue was so good when there - but not there if it didn't need to be.

Scarlett johansson & Bill Murray's performances are flawless- it's more like improv really - an uncertain but poignant attraction between them that need not go further - and need not display love-making to make its point. I would imagine that they didn't know each other at all at the start of filming - and so it makes the shyness and the banter between them even more attractive.

The only thing that I don't like is that it doesn't continue - but it has to end.

I'm so glad a friend asked me to see this back in 2004, it's one of my favourite films - totally original, unique and personal to the viewer.

6 stars!!! :)"