Not all is lost...

Rating: 7/10 (28 April 2013)

From one side of the world to the other, Sophia Coppola explores where people and ideas cross paths and misconnect through a semi-sweet friendship born from chance in a Tokyo luxury hotel. Scarlett Johansson finds herself in a bit of a soul-searching crisis as a transplanted newlywed and finds Bill Murray as his usual charming and available to break out of the hotels protection and their own relationship trappings. They find solace, energy and escape in the mixed culture while out and about and their smirky expressions tell us their view on some culture that lost it's meaning by the time it was adopted. The movie is about their bond over their own epiphanies without the annoying details that derail getting to the heart of the matter. .. And the matter is certainly one of heart in this romantic and endearing experience.