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Lost in Translation
Lost in Translation
Actors: Bill Murray, Scarlett Johansson, Giovanni Ribisi, Anna Faris, Akiko Takeshita
Director: Sofia Coppola
Genres: Indie & Art House, Comedy, Drama
R     2004     1hr 42min

A middle-aged actor and the wife of a photographer meet while on business in Tokyo. They strike up an unusual friendship in the hotel bar.
     
     

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Actors: Bill Murray, Scarlett Johansson, Giovanni Ribisi, Anna Faris, Akiko Takeshita
Director: Sofia Coppola
Creators: Sofia Coppola, Callum Greene, Francis Ford Coppola, Fred Roos, Kiyoshi Inoue, Mitch Glazer, Ross Katz
Genres: Indie & Art House, Comedy, Drama
Sub-Genres: Indie & Art House, Romantic Comedies, Bill Murray, Love & Romance
Studio: Universal Studios
Format: DVD - Color,Widescreen,Anamorphic - Dubbed,Subtitled
DVD Release Date: 02/03/2004
Original Release Date: 10/03/2003
Theatrical Release Date: 10/03/2003
Release Year: 2004
Run Time: 1hr 42min
Screens: Color,Widescreen,Anamorphic
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaDVD Credits: 1
Total Copies: 38
Members Wishing: 0
MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Languages: English, French
Subtitles: Spanish, French

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Member Movie Reviews

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.
0 of 1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Michael V. (horseracer21) from LAGUNA WOODS, CA
Reviewed on 2/11/2020...
Horrible movie, could have been so good with Murray if had just tried. No real plot , a waste of time!!
1 of 2 member(s) found this review helpful.
Leah G. (Leahbelle) from NIPOMO, CA
Reviewed on 8/4/2012...
This is one of Sofie Coppola's classics. It's a must see. Bill Murray does a superb job of acting.
1 of 2 member(s) found this review helpful.
Charlene C. (mccoffield) from SOUTHLAKE, TX
Reviewed on 8/13/2011...
This is a great movie, featuring realistic, believable characters. I think the people who wrote bad reviews of this movie really did get "lost in translation"; guess they were expecting slap-stick comedy (which it's not) or something really action-packed (which it's not). However, it does move at a good pace and is full of humor, pathos and great character development.

It's more like an 'Arts' film, i.e. Cannes Film Festival or Sundance Film Festival kind of movie. It won an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and was nominated for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor - all well deserved. Don't let the bad reviews put you off if you like movies with depth and with realistic, believable characters.

Both Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson are excellent in their roles. Bill Murray plays Bob Harris, a middle-aged celebrity who is in Japan to film TV commercials. Originally, he is lonely and bored, spending much of his spare time in the hotel bar. This is where he meets Charlotte, a young married woman played by Scarlett Johansson. Charlotte has accompanied her husband to Japan and also finds herself bored with too much free time on her hands. Thus sets the stage for a romantic friendship between Bob and Charlotte.
3 of 4 member(s) found this review helpful.

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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!!! :)"