Lost In Translation Reviews
Common Sense Media
Excellent but mature film about finding a connection.
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| Original Score: 5/5
Modamag.com
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.
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| Original Score: A
ColeSmithey.com
...a deceptively simple study in unrequited attraction that succeeds in spite of minor problems with neglected sub-plots.
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| Original Score: B+
Cinema Crazed
An excellent top notch gem with beautiful direction courtesy of Sofia Coppola...
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| Original Score: 3.5/4
Top CriticLost in Translation revels in contradictions. It's a comedy about melancholy, a romance without consummation, a travelogue that rarely hits the road.
Very much a mood piece, the film's deft balance of humor and poignancy makes it both a pleasurable and melancholy experience.
Film4
Transcends its initial culture clash comic riffs to evolve into something altogether more moving by the end. As a result, it's a work of considerable power and pathos.
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| Original Score: 3.5/5
With this film it becomes clear that Sofia Coppola is a filmmaker with eyes all her own.
eFilmCritic.com
Working this time with her own story, Coppola lets it relax and breathe, devoting herself to moods and moments.
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| Original Score: 5/5
Big Picture Big Sound
This is another step in Mr. Murray's career and one that hopefully gets him the recognition he deserves.
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| Original Score: 3.5/4
Film Scouts
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 metaphor for love, a delicious combination. Simply a must-see film.
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| Original Score: A
Princeton Town Topics
Alternately laugh-out-loud silly and profoundly moving, kudos to Sofia Coppola for managing to capture an undeniable chemistry between Murray and his 18 year-old co-star, despite a certain asexuality.
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| Original Score: 4/4
EmanuelLevy.Com
Sofia Coppola's accomplished sophomore work is a personal, melancholy film, based on her own experience, and benefiting from strong chemistry between Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson.
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| Original Score: B+
Cinema Sight
Perfectly acted. Immeasurably funny. A great second outing for director Sofia Coppola.
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| Original Score: 4/4
So far as the central relationship goes, the film is almost European in its subtlety and nuance. Cinematic cherry blossom.
Film Threat
A magnificent picture because it specifically goes out of its way to avoid the clichés and elements would usually expect to see when watching this kind of boy meets girl movie.
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| Original Score: 4/5
Film Threat
Like so many things made in Japan, Sofia Coppola's new film is smaller and less costly than its standard American counterpart while at the same time superior in most important respects.
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| Original Score: 4/5
Film Threat
From the casting choices to the soul-soothing musical score to glimpses into Japanese visual culture, it's obvious that Sofia pays careful attention that each element of the film stands strong alone, but can also contribute to the whole.
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| Original Score: 4/5
[Murray] can still do more with a raised eyebrow than anyone since Groucho Marx, but he's mellower and sometimes slightly poignant.
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| Original Score: A-
