delightful. boring yet exciting. i loved it.

Rating: 9/10 (19 December 2004)

i love this movie essentially because it's so close to home. I think I can relate to it.
Lost in Translation is about 2 people, Charlotte and Bob, who are staying in the same hotel in Tokyo. Bob is a former action movie star who is filming a commercial for whiskey in Tokyo. Charlotte is a newlywed who's workaholic photographer husband is away for a few days.
Bob and Charlotte see each other in bars and elevators, but don't talk until Charlotte confronts him in a bar one night. The two go on escapades and parties together. They go to dinner, they become very close friends.
Bob has to leave Tokyo. Charlotte stays for a few more days. BOOM. Bob is out of her life. He says goodbye to her in the hotel but on the way to the airport he spots her in a crowd. He runs to her and gives her a hug. THE END.
Sofia Coppola's masterpiece mainly informs us that some things, though they are not always with us, last with us forever.
Great acting on Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansen's parts.