by karimkha

Created on: June 12, 2010

Please note it is a film only review

I have read and heard many positive reviews and opinions about Lost in Translation, so when the film was shown on my favourite movie channel, I was excited to watch it and see what the fuss was all about!

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== The plot summary ==

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To be completely frank with you, there is nothing much going on in the film. The story takes place in Japan, specifically in Tokyo. 

The tale revolves around an aging American actor Bob Harris (Bill Murray) who left his wife, his children and his career as a well-known theatre actor. He flew to Tokyo city to film an advertisement for Suntory whiskey, purely to gain a huge sum of money: ‘‘‘two million dollars. ’’’ In fact, that sum of money would be added to his bank account after finishing the act! 

Running away from his miserable marriage, which had lasted more than a quarter of a century, one would think that he lacks romance by constantly ignoring his wife out of pure ignorance, or maybe it is just his wife.

However, one thing is for sure, he spent most of his time in the posh hotel bar drinking and looking terribly dejected, or at least most of the time! 
One day, while he was drinking at the bar, he meets a beautiful American woman who was a newly graduated student from university.

Her name was Charlotte (Scarlett Johansson) who in fact was recently married to a celebrity- determined to be photographer John (Giovanni Ribisi), who left her alone in Tokyo for another business trip!

They started chatting to each other while they were drinking at the bar that night. They both found many things in common, they both were unsure about their marriages; they both felt lost in the city and neither of them could sleep!

Because they both had lonely nights and they both suffered from insomnia (it is a problem where you cannot sleep at night) Charlotte was destined to meet him again and again. 
 
One day, Charlotte offered Bob to join her in Tokyo on one of her nights out with her friends; he accepted her offer and their relationship grew deeper and deeper and as a result, it took another twist!  From here on, their adventure kicked off, when they got lost in parties in the magnificent city of Tokyo, karaoke bars and the odd nightlife. Therefore  they had to face many challenges; The Japanese language was one of the biggest barriers they faced as well as the traditions, the cultural differences , the customs and of course their MARRAGES!

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