Excellent interpretation of solitude

Rating: 7/10 (9 February 2006)

This film could have been silent and I could have added my own words. The film perfectly forced you to feel the lead actors confusion and left you to marvel at the beautiful shots of the city. Johansson seems to dull down her over glamorous image that she is known for and seems to blend into the background and lets the city take centre stage. Murray plays the 'tired' character he plays best and always seems isolated until Johansson appears.
Giovanni Ribisis' leaves it to the audience to decide whether or not he is sleeping with Anna Faris' character Kelly. Faris plays an airhead role (again), which people may not think about mentioning but in my opinion I felt like she is there to be symbolical, as the lead actors seem to be intelligent but they are having trouble with their lives at this point and Faris is living in the moment and letting the cards fall as they may and Johansson wishes she could live like that. This is especially brought out in the scene where Johansson is jealous of Faris because of her friendship with her husband. The scenes when they are partying in the city give a sense of paranoia as everyone else around them are laughing and joking. The whisper and kiss where supposedly ad-libbed and completely in audible. I do admit to rewinding and trying to make it out and using the subtitles too. Couldn't have been done by anyone but Murray.