just lost

Rating: 2/10 (16 November 2005)

Someone, please explain to me what this film is about. And while you're at it, also explain what a great and funny actor like Bill Murray is doing in it? From the moment the opening credits roll and Scarlet Johnsen's "sheer pantied" bottom dominates the screen, (and what was that all about by the way) to Tokyo by neon lights and the closing credits, I kept wondering when this film would start. And there are other moments when the action was so slow that I feared the whole movie might grind to a stop. At least if it had, I might have gotten my money back. It would be impossible to include a spoiler in reviewing this film because there is nothing to spoil. Was there not meant to be a plot or did I just not get it? Perhaps, a middle aged man and a neglected young wife wandering around Tokyo together was the plot. They might have at least had an affair. But no. Instead they just keep meeting each other and having meaningless conversations. I know this movie has won awards but I cannot for the life of me see why.
It is definitely one to miss. Although it must have had a hell of a publicity team working on it. Because if you read the reviews you might be forgiven for thinking that it is a modern classic like...well, there isn't another movie to compare it to. Anyway, if you are swayed by the reviews and decide to rent it, make sure you also rent a good film to watch after it. If you're still awake, or have the will to live.