Lost in Translation
A washed-up movie star named Bob Harris and a conflicted newlywed, Charlotte, meet in Tokyo. Bob is there to film a Japanese whiskey commercial; Charlotte is accompanying her celebrity-photographer husband. They meet and form a bond that is as unlikely as it is heartfelt and meaningful.
18 September 1961, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
29 November 1976, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
12 April 1949, Osaka, Japan
11 February 1975, Aichi, Japan
21 September 1950, Wilmette, Illinois, USA
December 28, 2009
A relationship picture with elegant connective tissue; it's brittle and real, focused on the nuances of body language and unspoken desire, while indulging in a cheeky bit of knowing absurdity when the mood strikes.
June 13, 2009
...a deceptively simple study in unrequited attraction that succeeds in spite of minor problems with neglected sub-plots.
April 29, 2009
An excellent top notch gem with beautiful direction courtesy of Sofia Coppola...
July 29, 2013
Depicts a very specific mental state too shaded and delicate for most movies to feel comfortable approaching it.
June 24, 2006
So far as the central relationship goes, the film is almost European in its subtlety and nuance. Cinematic cherry blossom.
February 12, 2016
Sofia Coppola's sophomore film (following the gently assured The Virgin Suicides) is another exploration of delicate relationships and uncommunicated frustrations, this one in a beautifully composed atmosphere of isolation.
March 07, 2005
[Murray] can still do more with a raised eyebrow than anyone since Groucho Marx, but he's mellower and sometimes slightly poignant.
October 05, 2008
Very much a mood piece, the film's deft balance of humor and poignancy makes it both a pleasurable and melancholy experience.
December 25, 2010
Excellent but mature film about finding a connection.
November 01, 2007
With this film it becomes clear that Sofia Coppola is a filmmaker with eyes all her own.
August 07, 2004
In Japan, the most extreme delicacy goes hand in hand with garishness, and Coppola offers up both for our delectation. It's a heady, hallucinatory combo.
October 05, 2008
Lost in Translation revels in contradictions. It's a comedy about melancholy, a romance without consummation, a travelogue that rarely hits the road.
