A film of connection showing it's important to have a friend and meet a new person for memories if nothing else.

Rating: 8/10 (17 March 2011)

Finally after all these years I watched 2003's "Lost in Translation" and I must say it's a wonderful and touching piece of work from writer and director Sofia Coppola. Plus it features one of the screens most underrated actors nice guy Bill Murray and the young beauty Scarlett Johansson adds a nice sugar and spice mix to the tasty picture.
Set in Tokyo, Japan it involves Bob Harris(in one of Murray's best and most memorable roles)an actor who's washed up and past his prime as his days of big movie roles have past, now it's whiskey, and wine commercials in the land of the rising sun. And to pass the time away from his wife and kid Bob spends plenty of time bar drinking, until he meets another American and that's Charlotte(Scarlett Johansson in a heartfelt role) a young lady who just graduated college who's still trying to find herself in the big world. Charlotte has made the trip with her photographer husband(Giovanni Ribisi)who's shooting many things all over Japan. And both Bob and Charlotte are restless and unable to sleep only fitting their paths cross one night in the hotel bar.
This meeting later becomes friendship as fun and ventures with the citizens of Tokyo are soon discovered, as some of the encounters are touching yet many are memorable and certainly funny. It shows that in life that friendships and encounters are unexpected yet possible with endless possibilities.
Overall great film from Sofia it's touching, moving, and it's connected with fun and laughter. It proves it's important to make a friendship connection even if it doesn't involve sex or romance it's still special because it touched a life and most of all it's memorable, because it doesn't matter if it last or not a memory is the most important thing! Great film that's made even better by the chemistry from Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson, "Lost in Translation" is one memorable film!