Scarlett Johansson is overrated. Bill Murray is depressing.

Rating: 3/10 (31 October 2006)

Lost In Translation is about an actor (Bill Murray) who arrives in Tokyo to film an advert for Whisky. At his swanky hotel, he meets a young woman called Charlotte (Scarlett Johansson) and over the duration of this movie bemoan how dull and tedious their lives are.
And how right they are. Bill Murray has done much better than this in other films like Mad Dog And Glory and Ghostbusters, roles where he had a likable funny charisma. Here, he sleepwalks around playing the actor Bob Harris like a former shadow of himself, perhaps this is the point, to show how TIRED he is of life.....yawn.
Then there is Scarlett Johansson. A very pretty and attractive model who walks around certain places in Tokyo exploring the culture with a big dumb look on her face while her director husband is away filming on location. Why did she win all this praise for this role? Has she been in a box office smash since? The Island anyone? There's nothing really badly made on a film making note with Lost In Translation, it has a not bad soundtrack and a nice opening shot of Scarlett Johansson's butt over the titles, but apart from that there's not anything terribly interesting going on.
Dull as ditch water.....three out of ten.