A deception and a failure

Rating: 4/10 (9 February 2004)

I am very disappointed of what I saw in this movie. I really don't believe in "platonic" love. Besides the screenplay is very poor because of the lack of jokes (it is supposed to be a comedy mixed with melodrama romance). The constant repetition of both characters with problems to speak Japanese is the only funny element that I found in the movie. So there is obviously repetitions. And I would like to ask Sofia Coppola how the character of the girl can have a degree at the age of 19? The only degree is the one of the high school at that age. And the movie is boring. It is 100 minutes long and seems to be the double. The positive things are the photography, the music, the performance of Bill Murray and the beauty of Scarlett Johansson. That is way I rate this movie a 4 out of 10. Andres.