A boring movie about bored people.

Rating: 3/10 (17 August 2004)

Mine is a minority view, as I gave this movie 3 out of 10, whereas 28,000 people averaged a vote of 8.1.
It is hardly surprising that a story about two bored people resulted in a boring movie. The film's only points of interest were colorful Tokyo scenes and occasional amusing scenes based on language misunderstandings. I loved Bill Murray in "What About Bob?", but in this movie he is forced to play a wooden character who is less charismatic than the average small town weather forecaster.
No sparks flew in this movie. I wasn't expecting sexual fireworks, but at least there could have been a plot twist, an accident causing marital misunderstandings, an unintentional crime . . . anything to liven up this dreary movie.
I hope somebody writes a review that can explain to me why some people actually like this film.