A terrific film

Rating: 8/10 (14 March 2004)

Lost in Translation is indeed one of the best films of the year. Bill Murray gives him a performance that clearly defines what it is to be an actor. The writing and the directing by Sofia Coppola is nothing short of brilliant. Scarlet Johannson will go on to be one of America's premier actresses because of this one film. Indeed, Lost in Translation is a film that will be remembered as an original, genuine, and magnificent story about two people lost in the midst of the Japanese world. It deserved all the praise that it got from America's best critics and Bill Murray deserved his Oscar nomination, as did Sofia Coppola for Best Director. Don't be surprised if by the time I've seen every Oscar-nominated film that Lost in Translation beats out Return of the King as my favorite film of the year.