Deeply Disappointed

Rating: 5/10 (24 March 2004)

Am I missing something? This is at best a quiet, juvenile love story to be submitted as a senior project at USC. Murray does a good job given the weak script. Johansen's "smile-of-embarrassed-joy" was used endlessly, but she's OK. Nice ironic shots of Tokyo. Repeated and irritating continuity problems in many scenes. The hype on this bad boy was Weinsteinian in intensity, so the only answer to explain the excitement and award nominations on this yawn seems to be the C-word -- Coppola. The old man made many serious turkeys in his career. His daughter at least is making an acceptable start.
5 out of 10.