Is that all there is?

Rating: 4/10 (10 March 2004)

SPOILER Aging actor Bill Murray and newly graduated Scarlett Johansson each find out what it's like to be lonely in one of the most frenetic and glitzy capital cities in the world. They have a thirty year age gap but find they have more in common than they have differences. Americans abroad; Less vertically challenged than the locals; A mutual insomnia that pushes them together during the small hours of the night; a shared incomprehension of the language and customs of Tokyo; and a sense of disappointment at the homes and spouses they must each return to.
The two characters become more than friends..less than lovers....And that's it! The film takes 102 minutes to put that simple message across, leaving the viewer to wonder for much of the time what all the hype is about. This is not the classic we've been led to believe (or have I lost something in translation?).