Forever Lost in Translation

Rating: Null/10 (2 March 2004)

Maybe it's an age thing .... or maybe my age group are unimpressed by Sofia's family's clout, but without exception everyone of my friends who has seen this movie are totally in agreement: a painful flop. I sat through the entire movie hoping something would happen at some point. It never did. There is no electricity between the two characters; at no point did I ever get the message that anything was ever going to happen between them, their late night romp through Tokyo was just an attempt at creating something memorable (like the restaurant scene in "Pulp Fiction") that is just static and noise.
Francis Ford Coppola has such standing in Hollywood that I think no one dares say "actually, this is a turkey". When he cast his daughter in The Godfather it was a huge mistake, and she looked ridiculous. I think she is just an overindulged Hollywood brat. I'll steer clear of her offerings in the future, for sure!