Insightful, entertaining, and a worthy addition to the filmography of one of America's more interesting modern directors.
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Broken Flowers (2005)
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Reviews Counted:183
Fresh:159
Rotten:24
Average Rating:7.4/10
Consensus: Bill Murray's subtle and understated style complements director Jim Jarmusch's minimalist storytelling in this quirky, but deadpan comedy.
Theatrical Release: Aug 5, 2005 Wide
Box Office: $13.6M
Synopsis: The resolutely single Don has just been dumped by his latest lover, Sherry. Don yet again resigns himself to being alone and left to his own devices.... [More]
Starring: Bill Murray, Jeffrey Wright, Sharon Stone, Frances Conroy
Director: Jim Jarmusch
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REVIEWS FOR BROKEN FLOWERS
Throbs with compressed emotion
Sep 5, 2009
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Apr 29, 2009
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Oct 18, 2008
Top CriticFunny, disciplined, and acted with great skill and warmth.
Oct 5, 2008
The ending is sublime, a set piece that almost makes up for the overwhelming slightness of it all.
Aug 16, 2007
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.
Jul 2, 2007
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.
May 25, 2007
The auteur's unbeatable weirdness here mutates into preciosity.
Mar 1, 2007
After a career of deadpanning, Murray's impassive performance is still fresh, funny, sympathetic and restrained.
Sep 28, 2006
This is a film about insufficiency on so many levels, a film not of hipster indifference, but of a certain effete inability to react.
Aug 7, 2006
Subtle, warm direction from Jim Jarmusch and another Oscar-worthy performance from Bill Murray -- will the Academy just give him a statue, already?
Apr 1, 2006
It's about questions, not easy answers, and its refusal to provide them might frustrate some viewers unaccustomed to Jarmusch's elliptical style.
Feb 4, 2006
In Murray [Jarmusch] has found his quintessential actor.
Feb 4, 2006
A marvelous movie, with Bill Murray scoring again in the realm of drama.
Feb 3, 2006
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.
Jan 28, 2006
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Jan 17, 2006
... anyone with a 'past' will find something that resonates.
Jan 4, 2006
How absolutely fascinating and depressing it must be to have a past.
Jan 4, 2006
Features an interesting concept, charming performances, dry yet effective humor, underlying questions and suspense...
Dec 30, 2005
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