Broken Flowers (2005)
86 %
Reviews Counted: 176 Fresh: 152 Rotten:24 Average Rating: 7.5/10
Consensus:
Bill Murray's subtle and understated style complements director Jim Jarmusch's minimalist storytelling in this quirky, but deadpan comedy.
Runtime: 1 hr 46 mins
Theatrical Release: Aug 5, 2005 Limited
Box Office: $13,578,173
Synopsis: With BROKEN FLOWERS, staunchly independent filmmaker Jim Jarmusch delivers one of his most pleasing, accessible pictures. Winner of the 2005 Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival, the film tells the story of Don Johnston (Bill Murray), a man overflowing with wealth but void of emotion. On... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Bill Murray, Jeffrey Wright, Sharon Stone, Tilda Swinton, Julie Delpy
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08/16/07
Each encounter is a finely observed and beautifully performed vignette in its own right, but together they sketch out a past from which our grey Lothario has been irrevocably set adrift.
07/02/07
Womanizer cads may be front and center in movies. But surprisingly sometimes, so are the impressive accompanying ensemble righteous females who cut them nicely down to size, and the quirky and twisted Broken Flowers is no exception.
05/25/07
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09/28/06
This is a film about insufficiency on so many levels, a film not of hipster indifference, but of a certain effete inability to react.
08/07/06
It's about questions, not easy answers, and its refusal to provide them might frustrate some viewers unaccustomed to Jarmusch's elliptical style.
02/04/06
A marvelous movie, with Bill Murray scoring again in the realm of drama.
02/03/06
Jim Jarmusch vuelve a sorprender con una película minimalista donde los pequeños detalles, varios personajes episódicos, y un casi imperturbable Bill Murray, nos conducen hacia una travesía extraña y sugestiva.
01/28/06
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01/17/06
A beguiling road movie, where the stops along the way are of the heart, Broken Flowers is a sublime delicacy.
12/16/05
Murray manages, almost impossibly, to come up with still another rich variation on his Depleted Man persona, and his performance is at once enormously generous and fiercely, concisely witty.
12/09/05
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Though bits of this plodding film work pretty well...Broken Flowers is a mixed bag of vignettes.
12/03/05
... um retrato perfeito de seu protagonista, revelando-se mais interessante quando visto à distância.
11/25/05
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