Great story on friendship,love,finding people & yourself

Rating: Null/10 (15 February 2004)

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Charlotte (Scarlett Johansson) and Bob (Bill Murray) are two complete strangers visiting Tokyo both on two very different paths. Bob is an older movie star, while Charlotte is a young girl and the wife of a photographer (Giovanni Ribisi). She is completely bored with her life & husband, who is always off on assignment.
When Charlotte and Bob meet - they both find comfort in eachother, despite their age and status differences - both feeling as outsiders in this foreign land.
I had been anticipating this movie for quite some time, and then everyone I knew had seen it and either loved it or absolutely hated it - which put me off at first. I watched it and thought it was wonderful regardless.
I do think people expecting Bill Murray as...well Bill Murray..might not like it. It is by all means a drama, with some underlining comedy thrown in - that probably not everyone would get.
I thought it was extremely well acted,natural and a very well put together beautiful story. Very good job by the whole cast as well as the wonderful Ms. Coppola. Very Good Movie. ******* 7/10