I think it was the translator who got lost

Rating: Null/10 (14 February 2004)

I was primed for this one! All those great reviews; waiting for days before a copy was available at the video store; all those Golden Globe Awards and Oscar nominations....and for what? After watching this film, I'm reminded of "Amazon Women on the Moon" and Harvey Pitnik's classic line: "arty crap." The basic premise is engaging, but Bob and Charlotte are two very unhappy people who find each other in a foreign culture and at the end they're still two very unhappy people. No hope, no redemption, nothing. As for Bill Murray, as fine a comedic actor as there ever was, what's with the Oscar nomination? He did a much better job with a much more interesting character when he portrayed Carl Spackler in "Caddyshack." This is the type of film that critics and all of Hollywood go ga-ga over. Which proves once again that films like this are simply not intended for the average viewer.