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Lost in Translation Review
by Tanner Rhoden, Team IronLife.com Writer
 As a follow-up to her film debut with The Virgin Suicides, writer/director Sofia Coppola looks into complex relationships, boredom, and her love for Tokyo with Lost in Translation.
The film follows two American strangers in Tokyo, Japan as they meet at their hotel bar and then embark on an unlikely friendship. Bob Harris (Bill Murray) is a washed up Hollywood actor in his fifties that has arrive in Tokyo to shoot a whiskey commercial for two million dollars. Charlotte (Ghost Worlds Scarlett Johansson) is in her early twenties and a recent graduate of Yale University that does not know what she wants to do with her life. She is in Tokyo accompanying her photographer husband (Giovanni Ribisi), who is practically too busy with his profession to spend time with her. Bob and Charlotte also both can not sleep and neither really care for their place in the world. After a few brief encounters with one another, the two explore the nightlife and adventures of Tokyo, which is unlike any culture either have faced. The two grow on one another and their friendship gives each a new perspective and direction to live by.
Bill Murray is just brilliant in this film. As Bob Harris, his whiskey commercial scenes are an example of just how great an actor he is; it is worth seeing this film just to watch Bill Murray work. Young Scarlett Johansson is another upcoming talent, and she continues to show her balanced range as an actress with her in tune performance as the recent college graduate Charlotte. The two leads also share strong chemistry in making their unlikely relationship real.
Lost in Translation has exceptional acting and shows conformed relationships, cultural clashes, and a lot of Tokyo.
* Article by Tanner Rhoden, Team IronLife.com Writer.
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