Tyler Hunt

The Lost in Translation trailer looked good, but the movie wasn’t quite what I thought it would be. I liked it though. It didn’t have a well-defined plot, or completely coherent scenes, but it was a good, relaxing movie with some interesting insight into Japanese society. Lost in Translation marks the third movie directed by Sofia Coppola, the daughter of Francis Ford Coppola, who was the film’s executive producer. The fledgling career of Scarlett Johansson certainly benefitted from her role as the female lead in this movie, in addition to her recent role in Girl With A Pearl Earing.

What made this movie so different and enjoyable is not rushed by the need to fit in a series of plot points. It’s about a middle-aged celebrity, staying in Japan to film a whiskey commercial, and a recent college graduate and photographer’s wife, left alone while her husband is away on photo shoots. With a series of sleepless nights between them at the hotel bar, they begin spending time together and find solace in each other’s situation. It’s filmed in a way that makes you feel like you’re actually walking through the streets of Tokyo, and taking in the sights and sounds of Japanese nightlife.