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Bob is a well-known American actor taking a very large fee to appear in a commercial for Japanese whiskey to be shot in Tokyo, where he crosses paths with Charlotte one night in the luxury hotel bar. This chance meeting soon becomes a surprising friendship.
Sofia Coppola's sophomore film (following the gently assured The Virgin Suicides) is another exploration of delicate relationships and uncommunicated frustrations, this one in a beautifully composed atmosphere of isolation.
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.
In Japan, the most extreme delicacy goes hand in hand with garishness, and Coppola offers up both for our delectation. It's a heady, hallucinatory combo.
August 07, 2004
Nell Minow
Excellent but mature film about finding a connection.
December 25, 2010
Geoff Andrew
So far as the central relationship goes, the film is almost European in its subtlety and nuance. Cinematic cherry blossom.