Funny at times, but overall, drawn out and overrated.

Rating: 5/10 (30 January 2004)

I wanted to like this film so badly, but as I watched, my opinion started high and just started a steady decline. I simply thought this movie tried to be too artsy and self-important for it's own good. It's not a thought that struck me at first as everything about this film is done so subtley. Bill Murray himself doesn't disppoint, he did a great job in this film. A picture says a thousand words and so many of his expressions were just priceless. However the chemistry between his character and Charlotte was simply non-existant in my opinion. They had no interaction, they had no life altering discussions, their relationship amounted to the same value of two people staying up late getting drunk and discussing the world. Which is exactly what this movie is, it just happens to be in Japan. What a bunch of garbage that keeps movie critics in business.