Make up your own mind....

Rating: Null/10 (18 January 2004)

Lost in Translation is one of those movies that you'll either love or hate. The pace of the film fluctuates between the busy and fast world of the Tokyo amusement arcades to the slow and banal life of a characterless 'lost' hotel. For some teenage girls in the front row of the cinema the pace must have been painfully slow as they began to light up their mobiles in order to text their friends sitting three seats away just after the first half of the movie. Perhaps they found the movie unable to deliver the result they'd waited for and wanted. As for myself I really enjoyed the experience. I think the title says it all and echoes in many of the themes covered. *** Possible spoiler *** Murray's final line is definitely lost in translation leading the audience to make up its own happy/satisfying conclusion.