This is a movie for people who like good movies

Rating: Null/10 (15 January 2004)

This review contains spoilers.
This movie is about restraint. The director, Sofia Coppola, restrains her actors and thus gets great performances. The plot is restrained in that nothing is resolved - just like in real life - with just the hint that something might happen in the future. The movie is not a cliche - Bill and Scarlet are restrained and that I loved. Not for prudish reasons but if they had the big affair then this would have been just another Hollywood cliche.
The Tokyo scenes are realistically claustrophobic. The atmosphere and frustration of not being able to communicate is wonderfully done. This is a gem of a movie. Thanks Sofia.