An amazing and quietly beautiful film

Rating: Null/10 (5 October 2003)

This is the sort of movie you just sit and take in. There were scenes in this film during which the audience was utterly silent, holding our breath to catch ever nuance. This movie has such a quiet, understated truth to it, and the scenes around Tokyo are done through the eyes of these 2 strangers in a strange land. The absurd and the wonderful are all shown together. The friendship that forms between the two main characters is so simple and unpretentious. Bill Murray is funny and pathetic and heroic all at the same time. Scarlett Johansson is thoughtful and snobby but open in a believable way. I love how the two of them take turns being the teacher and the student about life. And the soundtrack is very New Wave... If you want to see a rare, truthful, and artful but totally unpretentious movie, this is a wonderful couple of hours.