boring movie for pretentious idiots

Rating: 1/10 (27 September 2003)

This film made me embarrassed to be an american most of the
"comedy" was based on the hilarious premise "Why do these idiot
Japanese persist in speaking their own language in their own
country in spite of how much attitude they might get from Bill
Murray as Bill Murray playing Bill Murray [oh yeah what an
"amazing" performance. how does he do it!? genius!!!] , don't they
'get it'???" This film was not funny-the audience was "tittering" very
smarmily not actually laughing, in the packed house I saw it in last
night-it just made me hate Bill Murray and really despise Sofia
Coppola. The whole sense of the film is summed up in the
exchange in which Charlotte explains that Evelyn Waugh is a man
and not a woman, "I went to Yale and am too good for this
confederacy of dunces, so audience are you with me or against
me?" This was like Woody Allen at his most archly snobbish
without any of the laughs. Who cares about these rich spoiled
brats who feel sorry for themselves and look down on everyone
around them? Who cares if Bill Murray gets pickle hole action with
the Lolita? And by the way I went to Yale myself so there!