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Positive Reviews
133
Negative reviews
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4.5
It remains mesmerizing all these years later, even upon repeat viewings.
CineWomen
4.5
Lost in Translation respectfully tackles the subject of companionship and relationships while still providing laughs. Its a film that I regretfully wa ..
4.5
Coppola doesnt share Wes Andersons gift for crafting richly developed supporting characters, who tend to be as broadly drawn as her leads are exquisit ..
Av Club
3.0
But much of whats astonishing about Sofia Coppolas enthralling new movie is the precision, maturity, and originality with which the confident young wr ..
EW
5.0
Funny, how your spouse doesnt understand the bittersweet transience of life as well as a stranger encountered in a hotel bar.Especially if drinking is ..
Rogerebert
4.5
Although he doesnt have the near suicidal glaze of Rushmores Herman Blume, Bob is bored, dissatisfied.
Austin Chronicle
4.5
So far as the central relationship goes, the film is almost European in its subtlety and nuance. Cinematic cherry blossom.
Time Out
4.4
Tale of Three Sisters isnt interested in tidy narrative resolutions.
5.0
Thats really the magic of the movie, which is, in the end, wonderfully nice.
4.0
We grew up watching him in SNL reruns, crooning about Star Wars, or in goofball comedies like Ghostbusters, cracking wise through a sliming.He always ..
2.0
Coppolas script has roots in her own Tokyo travels; she shoots the whole film there with fond familiarity.I havent seen a filmmaker so taken with a ci ..
Paste Magazine
5.0
Working this time with her own story, Coppola lets it relax and breathe, devoting herself to moods and moments.
E Film Critic
5.0
Lost in Translation will bring in the new wave of young filmmakers who realise the power of emotion and introspection and the audience thinking for th ..
E Film Critic
4.0
This Bill Murray is not only the most human, but in many ways the funniest.
E Film Critic
5.0
Its that perfect movie that you watch in order to feel that you may not be alone in the world after all. It works like a dream.
E Film Critic
4.5
Youll see it because you love Bill Murray. But somewhere about halfway through youll realize that youre watching something much more than a dramatic v ..
E Film Critic
5.0
(The film has garnered four Oscar nominations: best picture, best director, best actor and best original screenplay.)
San Francisco Chronicle
3.5
Personally, I had simply read/heard way too much hyperbole about this movie before my screening, so I couldnt help but feel a little let down afterwar ..
JoBlo
5.0
Some movies are so sense luscious that you cant get them out of your consciousness for weeks.They linger there and plant new seeds of appreciation.
Spirituality And Practice
2.0
A lovely, loopy modern day Brief Encounter that has the wisdom not to push too hard or linger too long.
One Guys Opinion
4.5
It sustains the woozy romantic mood it so carefully setup by keeping everything tight and under wraps.
Sover
5.0
If you get the sense that I applaud this movie, you are correct.Lost in Translation requires a certain amount of patience, but it is by no means a slo ..
ReelViews
3.0
Lightweight and a bit of a let down, Sofia Coppolas follow up to the marvelous Virgin Suicides is nevertheless an interesting development in whats sha ..
Tv Guide
5.0
Every physical moment perfectly reflects the characters inner lives.I love Lost in Translation with all my heart.
Combust Ible Celluloid
4.4
Too much or too little direction is an actors nightmare, and thats the way most of us live our lives.
Mark Reviews Movies
2.0
Laura: Writer/director Sofia Coppola has crafted a mood poem about isolation in a strange environment and the temporary relationships that linger in m ..
3.1
But Coppolas more interested in establishing the mood of this foreign land, instead of allowing us to really get to know the two central characters.
Reel Film Reviews
3.0
It is more an uneven mixture of understated and overstated comedy.
Lariat
3.0
And yet despite the humor, which is abundant, the films tone is more sweet than knee slapping.
Eric Ds Nider
4.0
Tweet Lost In Translation Mark Halverson By This article was published on 10.02.03 Advertisement Two Americans suffer from jet lag and feelings of der ..
News Review
3.8
The beauty of such material is that it makes the story and its characters endearing to the viewer.
Screen It
4.5
It starts off with us watching TV trivia and then pans over to the window and ends up with us lying on the bed and falling asleep.Its so telling; its ..
Shadows On The Wall
5.0
To sum up, Lost In Translation is genuinely unmissable and one of the best films of next year.
View London
5.0
But the movie is more thoughtful, touching, and funnier than almost anything else the screen has given us lately.
Cs Monitor
5.0
Although a small character piece, everything about Lost in Translation is world class.
Film Journal International ..
4.4
Lost in Translation is a lovely little tone poem, full of anguish and sadness, as well as some rather surprising beauty, warmth and humor.
Deseret News (Salt Lake Ci ..
3.0
By the conclusion of the story, youll think of the strange and sometimes amazing relationships youve had during your life.
Internet Reviews
4.4
Youll think. Youll laugh. Youll be marvelously entertained. And youll be touched.
Internet Reviews
5.0
It allows Scarlett Johansson to arrive as an actress at the same time it finally gives Bill Murray the great role that has always eluded him.
Boston
3.5
And so is a good bit of the rest of the film.See it for yourself its worth it.
Mountain X
4.4
Curious Minnesota Were asking readers from all over the state to take part in Curious Minnesota, a community driven reporting project that invites you ..
Star Tribune
4.5
Like both films, Thomas McCarthys debut feature puts ever so fine a point on the piquance of what it means to be alive and human and made of inconveni ..
5.0
How instinctively we react and connect when a film captures a feeling that is all too common, and all too real.
Toronto Star
2.0
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Emanuellevy
5.0
Two fine performances, in short, and a promising throwback comedy idea.
Reel Talk Reviews
5.0
a beautiful, lyrical cinematic ode to lost souls finding each in an unlikely place
Q Network
4.5
An excellent top notch gem with beautiful direction courtesy of Sofia Coppola...
Cinema Crazed
4.5
Sofia Coppolas stealthy romance about two Americans stranded in Tokyo is a work of marvelous delicacy and offers the performance of Bill Murrays caree ..
Salon
5.0
The sense of otherness and of cultural superiority merges uncomfortably.
Slate
5.0
The effortless communication of whats going on inside the characters is a sublime example of cinema doing its best.
1.5
CO2, however, is a harmless natural substance, so CO2 extraction doesnt result in residual solvent contamination.
Observer
4.0
A magnificent picture because it specifically goes out of its way to avoid the clichs and elements would usually expect to see when watching this kind ..
Flim Threet
4.0
From the casting choices to the soul soothing musical score to glimpses into Japanese visual culture, its obvious that Sofia pays careful attention th ..
Flim Threet
5.0
Like the most memorable love of all, it is bittersweet, beautiful, and immaculate.
Bbc
4.5
Lost in Translation revels in contradictions. Its a comedy about melancholy, a romance without consummation, a travelogue that rarely hits the road.
Time
5.0
When its closing moments arrive, simple and pure, it may just blindside you with its sheer cumulative power.
The Movie Boy
4.5
Lost In Translation succinctly captures this life moment and eloquently paints an exquisite portrait of these two people.
Hollywood
3.0
Little is Lost in Translation about friendship Bill Murray startles awake in the back of a limo.
Seattle Pi
5.0
He is adrift but not marooned; vulnerable but emotionally intact.
Standard
3.5
The movie is a deceptively simple study in unrequited attraction that succeeds in spite of minor problems with neglected sub plots.
Coles Mithey
3.8
For me, the movies best moments revel in the actors rabid wit and acerbic facial acrobatics, none more so insanely funny and devastating as his battle ..
Movie Freak
4.5
As beautiful as Tokyo is already, this perfect combination of music and visuals makes it seem almost magical.
4.5
Very much a mood piece, the films deft balance of humor and poignancy makes it both a pleasurable and melancholy experience.
Variety
5.0
It explores its characters more deeply and with more subtle emotional distinction.
Spliced Wire
5.0
I was an impaired nurse: Three nurses who battled addiction welcome dramatic shift in approach to discipline and treatment As a new program encourages ..
The Star
4.4
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Film Freak Central
4.0
A brave and accomplished study of love and human connections that establishes the young Coppola as one of the most acute talents of her generation.
Boxoffice Magazine
3.0
Baubles of humor, gorgeous shots of the city and sparse use of dialogue relay the warm tale, as Johansson and Murray gracefully embrace the concept.
E Online
5.0
The man (Bill Murray), somewhere in the neighborhood of 50, presses his drawn face against the car window, the dancing neon of nighttime Tokyo illumin ..
La Weekly
3.8
But will the barriers to temptation collapse.Youll have to go see this movie to get the answer to that one.
Varia Gate
4.4
Kanye West gave Kim Kardashian a private serenade by Kenny G standing among dozens of roses for Valentines Day.
Kansas City
3.1
Its a film of few words, so if you dont like a leisurely pace, youll be happier skipping it.
Ross Anthony
2.0
This tedious vanity piece is enlivened only by the charm of its leading man, Bill Murray
Killer Movie Reviews
5.0
(An overly aggressive escort and an elliptical machine from hell vex Bob.)
The Filmy Ap
1.5
Depicts a very specific mental state too shaded and delicate for most movies to feel comfortable approaching it.
Antagony & Ecstasy
4.4
The story, which is at times hysterical and insightful, is just a bonus.
Big Picture Big Sound
5.0
A movie as good as anything daddy ever made and yet Lost in Translation is a movie he could not have made if he tried.
Sltrib
4.4
... a film that explores the boundaries and responsibilities of a relationship free of the judgment that outsiders would inevitably impose upon it.
Movie Crypt
3.1
Which is all fine and dandy if you do it right, but Coppola never sustains a mood for more than one scene.
Montreal Film Journal
5.0
Part of what makes this movie so special is its delicate blurring of conventional boundaries.
News Week
3.0
But thats good filmmaking to take such a small story and characters I would not ordinarily give a second thought to, and make me care about them.
Dennis Schwartz Reviews
4.0
You will be able to save yourself from getting disappointed of watching nothing but a lame movie.
Window To The Movies
4.5
Bill Murray is one of the greatest, least ingratiating comic actors at work today: appropriately enough he once played a modern version of Scrooge.
Film Guardian
5.0
But more than simply the relationship between these two (who both give stunningly beautiful performances), the film shows us the most touching little ..
Film Quips Online
4.5
Like her debut film, The Virgin Suicides, Coppola creates a beautiful looking film with depth and texture, along with a couple of outstanding performa ..
Bowling Green Daily News
3.0
Lost in Translation is a fortunate encounter between a young talent on the rise and an old pro still hitting his stride.
Guide Live
4.0
A superbly crafted movie, with knowing dialogue, fine performances and characters that you grow to care deeply for.
Jam! Movies
2.0
Neither is it a cautionary tale of yearning for what you cant have.
Flip Side Archive
4.4
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National Post
4.5
Transcends its initial culture clash comic riffs to evolve into something altogether more moving by the end. As a result, its a work of considerable p ..
Film4
2.0
Absolutely one of the funniest films of the year, and also one of the most deeply sad
Film Blather
4.5
While there is a tragic inevitability to the proceedings, ultimately Lost In Translation is an uplifting film that affects both the head and the heart ..
Future Movies
4.4
Its a movie about disconnection: from your family, from the world around you, even from yourself. Its a movie about being trapped in that high chair a ..
James Sanford on Film
5.0
Lost in Translation finds something that occasionally happens between people and presents it realistically...one of the best pictures of the year.
Aisle Seat
4.4
We want you to be happy!.What if I do a mailing and get returned mail
Movie Eye
4.5
The details, which flow like a simple string of pearls, are what make the movie endearing from start to finish.
Vulture
4.5
Lost in Translation (2003) Bill Murray is Bob Harris, a former movie star and minor film icon in Japan to shoot a whisky campaign (for which hell earn ..
Stream On Demand At Home
4.5
Lost In Translation inspires a unique feeling of optimism, a sense that there are more people than we expect who understand our lifelong conundrums.
IGN Movies
4.5
Murray, playing an extension of himself, fills the role with ease, and Johansson is right in step with him.
Cambridge Day
4.0
The translation is complete; only leaving bittersweet memories and longing in its place.
Films Nobs
2.4
Although its the sort of smart, deeply felt American film that I wish were made more often, I cant ignore that its not as deep as it seems to think it ..
Movie Martyr
3.5
The movie also has moments of beauty that shine through the hot and cold screenplay.
Juicy Cerebellum
1.5
Esoteric, atmospheric, and far more concerned with mood than it is with telling a legitimate story
Eclipse Magazine
5.0
Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson make the first classic romance of the new century glow with gorgeous, luminous grace.
Net Flix
2.0
If there were any doubts left as to Ms. Coppolas abilities ... Lost in Translation should smash down the snickering walls of her doubters once and for ..
Film Jerk
3.0
A lovely, evocative film... Coppola insulates her depiction of Bob and Charlotte as earnest, delicate souls by making everyone else look pretty foolis ..
Nicks Flick Picks
5.0
This is one of the years most subtly moving films, and a strong affirmation of Coppolas substantial talent.
Premiere Magazine
5.0
The film is poetically austere in dialogue but thoughtful. Like a walk on a spring day, Lost in Translation is not momentous but rather pleasantly fre ..
Fantastic A Daily
4.4
...a tender visual poem about unexpected friendship, travelers angst and the disassociating allure of Tokyo.
Suburban Chicago News
2.0
The summer movie season gets longer and longer, while most intelligent, adult oriented movies are now crammed into a three month oasis at the end of t ..
About Film
3.3
This film wouldve worked really well as a short film, its not terribly satisfying as a full length feature.
Supercala.com
4.5
Sofia Coppola is a rising star, and this is definitely one of the best films of 2003.
Apollo Guide
5.0
Bob and Charlottes relationship in particular is exquisitely portrayed; a sort of platonic romance, its a relationship that exists because of the thin ..
Zap2it.com
4.5
For anyone who has ever felt linguistic, emotional or psychic dislocation. That should cover just about all of us.
San Diego Metropolitan
4.0
In a manner that is leisurely in pace, ruminative in nature and quiet in tone ... Coppola gives her lonely travellers all the space they need to make ..
eye WEEKLY
5.0
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Nyc Film Critic
4.5
a smart, stylish portrait of a romance which, if it happens at all, is left between the lines.
Projected Figures
5.0
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The Reel Deal
4.5
But theres also a devastating dramatic side to Murrays performance.
Movie Views
4.4
Lost in Translation is one of the years best films, an intelligent, beautifully rendered mood piece that features Bill Murray at his absolute best.
Imdb
4.4
Director Sofia Coppolas second feature film is so smart and, yet, simple that it is nearly perfect.
2.5
Comedian Dave Chappelle, who can be seen now in the Oscar nominated film A Star is Born, is performing at the Belk Theater in Charlotte on Valentines ..
Charlotte
4.4
What could have been one of the years best films is tripped up by a couple of sloppy contrivances.
Arizona Daily Star
5.0
Lost in Translation is a witty laugh out loud tale of friendship. Coppola breaks through and stands firmly at the edge of her future.
Blunt Review
4.5
We are all looking for something substantial, something that delves into the escapist fantasy from the monotonous routine of life.
Screen Queens
5.0
Perfectly acted. Immeasurably funny. A great second outing for director Sofia Coppola.
Cinema Sight
3.0
SCARLETT JOHANSSON INTERVIEW: Did you have a good time filming in Japan.It was very fun.
World Film About
4.4
As in Rushmore...kindness is the underlying trait of Murrays character.
Courier-Journal (Louisvill ..
4.3
City Lights (Charlie Chaplin, USA, 1931)Many critics consider City Lights to be Charles Chaplins finest film, no small accomplishment considering his ..
Djardine Blogspot
3.0
Coppola, who wrote and directed, creates the perfect languorous mood to match these characters emotional limbo.
Journal News (Westchester, ..
4.5
Like a favorite and enthralling CD soundtrack that takes you places magical.
Toxic Universe
3.0
Bills performance is just fantastic filled with a confident vulnerability that only he is capable of.
4.5
Like the sort of fleeting, quietly intense relationship that it portrays, Sofia Coppolas Lost in Translation amounts to a handful of stolen moments an ..
City Pages
4.5
Lost in Translation is like a beautiful short story low key, smart, direct and, in its own distinct way, close to perfection.
5.0
The pleasures of kinetic rapport are punctuated by genuine laughs at the expense of cultural differences.
Auf Muth
4.5
A relationship picture with elegant connective tissue; its brittle and real, focused on the nuances of body language and unspoken desire, while indulg ..
Modamag.com
5.0
... Tries in vain to be both The Breakfast Club and Oceans Eleven.
Star-Democrat (Easton, MD) ..
5.0
Lost in Translation is a masterpiece likely to be under consideration for this years list.
Town Topics
2.0
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Tele Text
4.5
Their prognosis, wittily embellished by cheeky corporate training films from the 50s as well as harrowing footage of oil spills and birth defects, is ..
In These Times
4.5
Life stops being terrifying when we open the doors to the unknown. Even for a short amount of time. Coppolas Lost in Translation is written beautifull ..
Seventh Art Studio
1.5
I can never remember the plot, but who cares. The emotional throughline is crystal clear.
Review Film Review
3.0
The whole tale is told with a dreamy, jet lagged feel, that part wonder, part nasueous feeling brought about by significant travel. Jet lag as a metap ..
Film Fest
4.5
Bill Murray is perfectly cast and his performance is understated, like the entire film. He deserves an Oscar nomination.
2.0
Never rushed, never pushed, Coppolas steady hand is felt in almost every frame, gently coaxing her subjects and story to a deeper, invigorating resolu ..
4.5
May December romances have been done to death, but Coppolas tender touch and knack for nuance practically reinvents the genre.
3.1
Christmas on the Rocks breaks in a new actor, Randy Harrison, and is as strong and strange as ever in the shows sixth season at TheaterWorks.
4.5
Before you know it, Sophia Coppola has wrapped you in a warm, fluffy blanket and youll find yourself looking out the window wondering about whats goin ..
4.5
The intensity of Lost in Translation lies in its smaller, seemingly insignificant, quieter moments. In many ways Coppolas film exhibits marks of class ..
4.5
In interviews, writer/director Sofia Coppola has said she wrote the part of Harris for Murray, and it makes sense. Hes the perfect candidate to paint ..
Brooklyn Rail
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