Lost in Translation

A lovely film about connection and how sometimes the people we meet, no matter how different or distant, can profoundly affect us.

The first time I saw this movie, I absolutely fell in love with it. I don't like slow-moving stories and the fact that I love this one so much says a lot about the writing, directing and acting. It's not a very funny movie but it has just enough humor and great dialogue to make it interesting. I love the connection between these two lost souls.

A big deal was made about the ending nobody heard. I have to rewatch it. Been a loooong time.

This is a low-key, quiet movie in which not a lot happens. A jaded movie star and a young woman who doesn't know what she wants to do with her life bond over the shared experience of living in a confusing foreign culture. These two charming fictional people are brought to life by the actual charm of Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson, with Giovanni Ribisi and Anna Faris in supporting roles. Written and directed by Sofia Coppola, daughter of renowned director Francis Ford Coppola, this movie stands on its own merits and is one of the few films I've liked enough to buy my own copy. Among the movie's other pleasures, watch the 2 background players crying tears of laughter as Murray passes the time with the elderly gentleman in the hospital waiting room. This delightful scene is enough to merit giving the movie a watch all by itself.

A very special film. You meet very few people in life who truely get you and they are seldom the people closest to you. The joy and pain of travel open up alternative possiblities, new perspectives, and personal introspection.

A bit esoteric and a tad too slow going for me

I could not take the so slow pace. disappointed

Flawless! Acting, directing. I just love Bill MurrayThat face! omg! The sad clown. The writing, the directing and the chemistry between the two Johansson and Murray is aching, poignant. Now I want to go to Japan. I remember feeling just like Charlotte at twenty five. Lost and sad but not knowing why...

I thoroughly enjoyed this film. I found it so endearing. The friendship that these two find is just exactly what they both needed at just exactly the right time.

I must say that Lost In Translation is truly one of my very favorite movies of all time. Yes, it's slow moving, but I think that's one of the many things I love about it. The slowness counteracts the craziness of Japan - the fast moving pace of Tokyo seems to disappear as you watch the story of these two strangers. Scarlet and Bill have created a friendship that pulls me in every time I watch. Sofia's directing is amazing. She's made me fall in love with Japan and the dreams of a couple of strangers who I feel are now my friends.