Lost in Translation

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Brian F. @FedUpDVDCollector Dec 18 Felt like I took a trip to Japan. SJ was great even if I found the situationship implausible. I honestly think Bill’s best acting role is in St. Vincent. I had to check this one out since he got the best actor nom…This was very nice too. See more Dominique E. @encisonico Dec 9 Beautiful film worth 100 different kinds of theme interpretations. Half a point off due to periods of slowness, although the truly slow burn is truly worth it by the end. A great movie that teaches you about living life, at multiple different points of the timeline. See more A.W. E @A.W.E Nov 30 A seductively quiet plotline imbued with the soul deep prowess of See more Horror fan 4 Oct 2 Didn't buy the friendship between the 2 characters played by Murray and Scarlett. It's another rich guy who befriends a hot underage girl looking for a father figure. It was boring and not entertaining at all. Tim Treakle See more Daniel M Sep 24 Finally saw this movie for the first time and I fell in love with it. I really felt the story and the connection Scarlett and Murray had. Their performances were amazing and the story felt real and the setting was captivating. I loved the directing, the sound and color pallets used during certain scenes. Great movie and I can see why it’s loved by so many. See more Darren C Sep 3 What happens when you throw together two strangers from different generations, both miles away from their homeland in a culture which is completely alien to them? This is the simple premise of Lost in Translation, but of course there is more to story than that. Charlotte (Scarlett Johansson) is a newlywed who goes to Japan with her photographer husband, John. Charlotte often finds herself alone in the hotel whilst John goes on assignment, enter stage left Bob Harris (Bill Murray). Bob is a famous actor in a long term marriage who is in Japan to shoot lucrative adverts for Japanese whisky and is staying in the same hotel as Charlotte. They meet a couple of times and eventually get talking discovering they enjoy each others company embarking on a short term companionship for the remainder of Bob's time in Japan. The rest of the story is simply what happens during that time and it's a journey of discovery well worth being part of. A great deal of this movies criticism is the lack of a coherent story and an ambiguous ending. Well to think that is to miss the point, for me Lost in Translation is entirely perfect. We get a few cultural chuckles but more importantly we are witnesses to the entirety of a brief but beautiful friendship. One of my all time favourites and the fact that it's shot in Japan just makes it even better with some stunning night-time cinematography. Oh and a soundtrack from Kevin Shields is the icing on the cake. See more Read all reviews

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