Like a dream

Rating: 10/10 (15 December 2006)

This is a beautiful and moody film featuring excellent performances and a wonderful soundtrack. I really love it because it is so simple; it has only a little dialog, yet it manages to leave an unforgettable impact on the viewer; it is so beautifully photographed, it leaves you hoping you were a filmmaker and came up with all these wonderful scenes and images yourself; it is so clever in setting its story in Tokyo, you really live with the characters as they navigate in those almost alien surroundings.
All in all, in my opinion this is a near-perfect film. It is mainstream film-making at it's farthest form, really becoming art. Yet it features two big movie stars, both contributing the best of their generation in the film. The chemistry between Murray and Johansson is palpable; it is wonderful how the viewer 'gets' this through the silent scenes. It is the artistry of director Sofia Coppola that combines all these elements so effortlessly and easily. It all feels so true, so natural.