Lost in Overratedness

Rating: Null/10 (1 March 2004)

This film would be better being called lost storylines. Now i liked this film. Bill Muarry is brilliant and scarlett johansson is a great new actress but this film is one of the most overrated of the year. It is not a work of unparrelled genius as many seen to think, it is a good mood piece but nothing else. The fact is that this is a good indie film that has been blown out of all proportion. the only things that stop this becoming a pretencious pile of garbage are the main performances and the the cinematography. Another thing that worried me about this film was the portrayal of the japanese, thay verges on racism. I know that japan has a alien culture to most westerners, but the one dimentional portrayal in this film is hardly going to change that. Also the tv presenter who is so wacky and strange is nothing compared to graham norton, a brit talk show host.If you want to see a better sophia coppola film see the virgin suicides, a much bettter film in my opinion.