Cinematography impressive, otherwise zzzz

Rating: 2/10 (11 July 2004)

Excellent cinematography, good sound. A few funny bits but NO PLOT AT ALL. At least not that we could make out. Scarlett Johansson was cute, Bill Murray seemed to be straining to be funny. Sometimes. Giovanni Ribisi was wasted. The location was excellent, and those who spend a long time away in hotels would relate to many parts of this. I can understand why it was nominated but also understand why it didn't win. I find it interesting to note that 'Love Actually' was recommended on this page, which was another movie we had high expectations of and also did not enjoy. I would not call this movie 'crap' because I think it is very much down to personal opinion. A very unfulfilling movie though, in our opinion, and I struggled to stay awake.