What were they thinking?

Rating: 1/10 (3 June 2005)

I'm sorry, I heard that this was a great film, that Bill Murray was excellent and that it was a "must see". I didn't see the cinema release a only just caught up with it on DVD.
What a disappointment! The response in our household of four educated, intelligent individuals who enjoy deep, thought provoking stories as well as light comedies, was unanimous: A complete waste of an hour and a half. The whole film is dull, boring and pointless. We got to the end and looked at each other and said "why did they bother?" I'm trying hard to say something positive about this movie. There we a few (all too few) funny moments and Bill Murray's casting out of type was a good move. Um. Er. That's it. The rest was a waste of talent. The cinematography was below ordinary. The Directing was OK but nothing could hold up the script that didn't have a great premise to start with.
So don't bother to see this one, just wonder if the 47,000 people who voted for this film, most of whom seemed to have had a good reaction, were seeing a different movie of the same name.
"Lost in Translation: should have been lost in the cutting room.