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Features Actors:Bill Murray, Scarlett Johanson & Giovanni Ribisi Running tme: 102 min. Rating: R Lost in Translation is a tale of two people adrift in their own lives whose paths cross as they sit in Tokyo, trying to figure out where their lives are going. Charlotte (Scarlett Johansson) married a photographer, and while his career carries them all around the world as he snaps celebrities there is no glamour in this life for Charlotte. He seems oblivious to the fact that his obsession with his own life is making the woman he loves miserable, and she’s beginning to wonder what it was that made the man she married the man she loved, and whether those things still exist. Bob (Bill Murray) is famous, or he was once. The blockbuster movies have become a thing of the past, but he’s still enough of a face to warrant a Japanese whisky company flying him out to spearhead their advertising campaign. Bob has two kids and a wife, or more accurately, Bob has two kids and a marriage, his love for them being the only thing stopping him from walking away from her. Neither of them have anything to fill their days with in Japan, Charlotte fills the time between brief encounter with her husband by seeing the sights, or simply staring out the window. Bob fills the time between his promotional obligations by propping up the hotel bar - neither managing to distract themselves from their troubles, with each experience leaving them sinking further into their solitary depression. Some people find it easy to be alone in a room full of people, it can be hard not to be when nobody in the room speaks your language. And when even your spouse feels like they’re speaking in a foreign tongue, the isolation can be overwhelming, and communication is not a overwhelming success in either of their marriages. Charlotte and Bob’s first meeting is, suitably, facilitated by boredom. Bob has nothing to do but sit by the bar, Charlotte is desperate to escape the mindless whittering of her husband’s celebrity friends, the two of them sit talking, the rest of the world oblivious to them. It doesn’t take long for them to stop being alone, together, and start being together, alone, and this odd couple that should never have met start to enjoy Tokyo for the first time. Hope this helps you decide.Thanks for taking the time to read this. Please click YES at the bottom. :)Read full review
starring Scarlett Johansson and Bill Murray in his greatest performance as two Americans in Tokyo who are unhappy with their marriages and the situation they find themselves in, and find solice in one anothers company. Murray is a washed-up TV star in town for a TV whiskey commercial shoot. We see amusing scenes of Murray's confusion with the Japanese director and most other natives he comes across along the way. He makes us laugh, but his performance is so subtle, it's amazing how he holds back and let's just enough of his "Bill Murray" persona to seep out. There is even a Karoke scene where Bill revives his old "Nick the Lougesinger" persona, albeit only briefly before he is again reminded of his own pain and the joy leaves his voice as he sings "More Than This" by Roxy Music to Johansson. It's a really great performance, I can't say enough about it. Johannson also delivers the goods as the wife of a photagrapher on assignment in Japan, who leaves his wife alone in the apartment to contemplate what she is missing in her life. By chance Murray and Johannson spark up a conversation at a bar, and identify with each others misery. They become fast friends and we watch as they experience Japan and grow closer as the movie progresses. There is little action in the movie, it is more of a character study. Almost like "Last Tango is Paris" but without the sex. Sofia Coppola, daughter of Francis Ford Coppola, directed this fine film and I recommend it to those of you who don't mind a movie that moves along slowly, dealing more with emotion than events.Read full review
Basically Bill is a big-time movie star working in Japan and hits on a guy's wife. This is a difficult film. The reason why is that Bill's acting was not what you expected and it's hard to tell if it was him or the director's vision of the film. Definately NOT a typical Bill Murray movie. It's still good, just not what you'd normally expect. It appears to be a very low budget production but a lot is wedged into the scenes. This was the 1st time I saw Scarlet and would like to see more before deciding on her - her role definately supported Bill's. Being a big Bill fan, I came away quite puzzled about this movie but accepted it as what it was: a movie with a message rather than witty entertainment. Strange films are difficult to rate, most people either love it or hate it. This version of "Lost in Translation" is in the North American DVD Format and was issued in 2004. This review is provided with no knowledge as to the seller.Read full review
The "mood" of the movie is exact, there is plenty of color, so it is not boring, the movie is set in Japan, which is most interesting. The story itself, I feel, so many of us can relate to. It is a story of two people who are emotionally "lost" due to loneliness and a lack of feeling loved. They just happen to meet and both find an "unexpected connection". I would just love it if Hollywood made a "Lost In Translation" part II, but it's probably not probable. I say this just because the story between these two can go on, but the question is how? This movie received many awards. It is truly a "don't miss!".
simply put, i loved this movie.there's so much to love,from the exotic tokyo location, to the powerfully moody atmospheric lighting and not to mention electric performances by both bill murray and scarlett johannsen.in hollywood movies, everyone is familiar with the chase scene.this movie features a chase scene of a totally different nature.two emotionally wounded americans discover each other in the tokyo night.the karoke scenes with scarlett singing a pretenders song and murray doing a brian ferry/roxy music song was a real nuggett.this was a beautiful movie all the way.
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