Great, Original Film

Rating: 10/10 (28 January 2004)

What a great film! It was understated, but with a few moments of silliness to punctuate. Bill Murray deserves every award and nomination he gets for this role (hopefully he gets both). He should have gotten an Oscar for "Rushmore." Hopefully, he'll get it this time around.
Scarlett Johansen was equally brilliant. The two actors showed an emotional connection that really came through in the silent moments between dialogue. The way they looked at each other in the various scenes told you everything you need to know about how they felt in that scene. I would recommend watching the movie once with no sound just to feel how powerful the physical acting is (I haven't done it yet myself, but the DVD's coming out soon so maybe I'll try it then).
(It may be too much to hope that the film and Sofia Coppola beat out Lord of the Rings and Peter Jackson for the Oscars, but at the very minimum, let's root for Bill Murray!)