Sooo disappointed...

Rating: 4/10 (9 November 2003)

I just don't understand what all the buzz was about. While Coppola did do a good job of capturing the jet-lagged first couple of days in a distant city, that's the end of the accomplishment. The premise, the story, were underwhelming at best. A well educated philosophy student can't find anything better to do but navel gaze in her room or hang out in the hotel bar on her first trip to Tokyo . Bill Murray's character made more sense, but I didn't buy the connection with Charlotte or the emotional build to the end of the movie. I expected another facet of the great character he played in "Rushmore". Instead, we got a good characterization of a middle-aged man moping through an assignment he'd rather not have. Add it all together, it adds up to not much.