I enjoyed it

Rating: Null/10 (22 December 2003)

I was reading the other user comments for this film and I was suprised at some of the negative and positive comments. I went to see it with a friend, and we both walked away loving it, but not talking about it. There really isn't much to say about this film, its a visceral experience. We watch a relationship develop, and the way it develops definitely did not require much suspension of disbelief, as anyone who has made one of those quicky hotel friendships knows. However I don't think an American audience can deal with slow movies anymore, I personally like a movie that takes its time as long as the story is one that can be dribbled out, this was one of those stories. As to the rascist undertones that others have commented on, yes but American movies generally are, and here they were much more muted. That being said I found a lot of Bill Murray's body language hilarious, especially the scene in the beginning when he was in the elevator. If you have the time and the patience for a movie where nothing explodes, no one farts, and no one pratfalls, see it. By the way I loved Anna Faris in this.