Variety
Very much a mood piece, the film's deft balance of humor and poignancy makes it both a pleasurable and melancholy experience.
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Lost in Translation
Before Scarlett Johannsson became a pouty A-lister peddling perfume she was the perfect wide-eyed ingénue, stuck in Tokyo with no one to talk to except Bill Murray in this classic, deadpan Sofia Coppola comedy. Murray plays a washed up actor in a similarly sad rut. Their unlikely friendship could have turned creepy in the wrong hands but Coppola beautifully honed in on the irony of loneliness in the city, of finding salvation with a stranger, no matter their life story.
Best Screenplay, 2004 Academy Awards; Best Film (Comedy or Musical), Best Actor (Murray), Best Screenplay at the 2004 Golden Globes
2003Rating: PG102 minsUSA, Japan
ComedyDrama
- Director:
- Sofia Coppola ('The Virgin Suicides')
- Writer:
- Sofia Coppola
- Cast:
- Bill MurrayScarlett JohanssonAkiko TakeshitaGiovanni RibisiAnna Faris
Lost in Translation / Reviews
Total Film
An engaging examination of angst and desire, hampered by a reliance on racial stereotypes. Walks a line between vacuous and profound.
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The New York Times
One of the purest and simplest examples ever of a director falling in love with her star's gifts.
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The Guardian
Bill Murray is one of the greatest, least ingratiating comic actors at work today.
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Hollywood Reporter
In only her second feature, Coppola has made a poised, intelligent film that nicely balances laughs with a poignancy rarely seen in American movies.
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Empire Magazine
Switching effortlessly between laugh-out-loud comedy and tender romance- a triumph for all involved, both in front of and behind the camera.
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