Apology of aesthetics

Rating: 7/10 (5 October 2006)

Good acting (although it must be said that Bill Murray excels more in comical scenes than in those that require dramatic intensity), impressive music score and outstanding camera work. As to the story itself namely alienation in general, the difficulty of communicating verbally let alone of conveying emotions, the viewer would probably have experienced intense empathy with the characters had they been more down to earth ordinary people. An actor with a two million dollar contract in his pocket and a young girl who could afford to obtain a degree at Yale just don't seem to be the obvious subjects to dabble in superficial philosophical or psychological reflections. The movie obviously focuses more on aesthetics than on ethics and in my opinion leaves the viewer with a faint feeling of disappointment.