A cheap art house style fake

Rating: 3/10 (15 September 2005)

Lost in Translation is a film about an ageing actor (Bill Murray) who arrives in Tokyo to star in a couple of commercials. He happens to be staying at the same hotel where a noted American fashion photographer is occupying a room. While the photographer is away at work, his young wife (Scarlett Johansson) explores Japan's capital on her own. She meets the actor andNo,no,no do not expect anything from this movie because nothing really happens. The main characters just aimlessly wander through the streets of Asian megapolis, enjoy Japanese cuisine, share some jokes. What is Lost in Translation about? I wish I knew. Why did Sophia Coppola make it? I wish I understood. The film is plot less, extremely slow moving- do not pop in this movie at 9 pm, you are sure to fall asleep long before the story ends-by the way, I am exaggerating, there is no story there. SPOILERS Nope, there is not story and there is no end. If you think something happens at the end, you are wrong. The film exactly ends where it starts. The actors have nothing to work on, that is why they do not play, they just wander around in silence. The film is very silent, Coppola, who also wrote this movie, gave the characters only some vague lines. "I want to be a writer but I hate what I write"-this is what Scarlet Johansson says after a 30 mn silent scene. As for directing, Coppola did what any good film school graduate would have done. No matter what she planned to make, what we have is a cheap art house style fake.