Rent Lost in Translation (2003)

Great film - Lost in Translation review by CP Customer

Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson are superb in this poignant tale of love lost and found. Highly recommended! (If you have an attention span that is not limited to playing a video game for 5 hours)

Shallow, Unsympathetic Characters? - Lost in Translation review by CP Customer

This really is a "love it or hate it" film. The concept was promising but for me, Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson failed to convey any depth or inspire any sympathy for their characters. I feel dishonest awarding even one whole star for this film.

A movie deserving OSCAR - Lost in Translation review by CP Customer

It was such a gripping movie, strong in human expressions ... although with a very predictable end but again .... a very tightly knit story line and fantastic performance by Bill.

Adorable and gently funny - Lost in Translation review by CP Customer

I am one of the pople who adores this film. It is about a tired, disillusioned film star, who is still in great demand for his advertising pull in Japan, and his relationship with a young, intelligent, but bored woman who happens to be staying in Japan. They meet by chance and embark on a platonic friendship which could so easily develop into something else. The rapport between them and humour they share is unusual, unpredictable and thoroughly engaging. My 16-year-old son and I were engrossed for the entire film and didn't want it to end. We actually thought the ending was quite clever and it led to much discussion and philosophising about 'what happens next'.

Lost in Scarlett's Eyes - Lost in Translation review by CP Customer

Unlike many of her contemporaries Sofia Coppola writer and director of both The Virgin Suicides and Lost In Translation appears focused upon making films that are honest, acutely observational and believable.

It's testimony to her apparent refusal to indulge viewers' expectations or resort to Hollywood contrivances that Lost In Translation is immeasurably more genuine and charming than the majority of thoughtless films that Hollywood churns out.

Coppola also makes sure to give her actors freedom to perform, unlike many heavy-handed Hollywood directors. And it pays off brilliantly as Bill Murray gives what is the most reserved and understated performance of his career, which is also his absolute finest.

Scarlett Johansson.Scarlett Johansson is an actress who is also currently on top form. She has a truly intoxicating screen presence and produces a complex yet delightfully genuine performance.

The central characters, Bob and Charlotte, find that they themselves are lost in translation, lost in a foreign country, unable to sleep and bewildered by Japanese customs.

The cinematography is certainly inventive too. The flash cuts between scenes (which in isolation would appear to be of little importance) highlight this unstable dreamlike state that they find themselves in.

Only when they find each other and become soul mates of a sort do they begin to re-evaluate their lives and start to find new perspective through their relationship.

Ultimately they share more with each other over whiskey and cigarettes than they ever could in bed.

Don't believe the book - Lost in Translation review by JD

There is a book called "100 best films" (or something like) which has films from all ages in date and genre order. This film was featured. Although it is not bad it is certainly not in my top 100. It plods along without any emotion. The photography is good in parts but alone this is not enough.

Superb and Awkward - Lost in Translation review by nt

It is a brilliantly observed film. I cannot think of a better film Bill Murray has been in. It drifts wonderfully from start to finish but in the end you feel they have both found something to lift their spirits. Such a good ending. A film I will keep returning to watch.