Brilliant, absolutely brilliant.

Rating: 7/10 (14 July 2004)

Unfortunately this web-side doesn't give the opportunity to give a distinguished 11 of 10 in special cases such as this. The film Lost in Translation is the film of the year, even better than the Block-buster-success Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. Why? Simply because of the way it's made. The film doesn't offer you a lot of action or thrilling moments, but what it does have is beautiful sceneries. You really see that Sofia Coppola is the daughter of the master himself Francis Ford. I think that the film, when we talk about the sceneries, is very similar with Francis' Apocalypse Now, the many views of Tokyo compared with e.g. the scenes from the trenches in Apocalypse Now, the views, the light and the sound.
Lost in Translation is a small everyday story which is still unique. The story is simple, yet very complicated. We meet our main characters and get to know them and their problems: he's in a midway crisis, she's married to a man which she really doesn't know. However, the story that lies beyond that shall remain unknown to us.