Outstanding Breath of Reality

Rating: 10/10 (20 September 2003)

If the reader believes that movies can be much more than a poor replacement for an amusement park ride, this is the movie for you.
The performances are great. A career movie for Mr. Murray, a stunning star debut for Ms. Johansson. (Is she really just 19!) The visuals are great. The humor is droll and not forced. The direction is steady, confident, and captures the actors and script at their best. The tender moments are tender moments; not tacked on sex scenes. The relationship between the principals are human, not animal instincts.
This film absolutely captures the "lost" feeling a person experiences when they are in a place that is not your own. (The hotel bar scenes are a revelation.) Not a forced "movie reality" moment to be had. A truly romantic masterpiece.
Just go.