A womanizer with a heart of gold tries to help his daughter find out the truth behind her husbands strange behavior, learning a lot more about himself and his relationships in the process.
I've had an extremely mixed relationship with Sofia Coppola's films. Lost In Translation is a masterpiece to me, but most of her other films just didn't click with me. So going into this one and seeing Bill Murray as one of the leads definitely gave me high hopes. It delivered. It's much more purposefully comedic and goofy than Lost In Translation, but it still holds that extremely strong emotional core. One scene had me shedding a tear, only to be laughing my ass off in the very next scene.
Bill Murray may be second billing to Rashida Jones, but make no mistake, his character is central to the whole film. His performance is so charming and hilarious, but also hits those deeper and more introspective moments so perfectly. He's just a joy to watch every goddamn second he's on screen. His character is flawed, but the way he's written and the way Murray portrays him makes him feel so realistic.
The reviews on here seem to be a lot less enthusiastic than mine, so perhaps this is no guarantee... but I would say that if you love Lost In Translation, this should do something for you. It connects to certain emotions and feelings that feel so true to life, and it's not often that I really feel that in an authentic way from a film.
And to top it all off, there's a brand new track by Phoenix during the credits.
I've had an extremely mixed relationship with Sofia Coppola's films. Lost In Translation is a masterpiece to me, but most of her other films just didn't click with me. So going into this one and seeing Bill Murray as one of the leads definitely gave me high hopes. It delivered. It's much more purposefully comedic and goofy than Lost In Translation, but it still holds that extremely strong emotional core. One scene had me shedding a tear, only to be laughing my ass off in the very next scene.
Bill Murray may be second billing to Rashida Jones, but make no mistake, his character is central to the whole film. His performance is so charming and hilarious, but also hits those deeper and more introspective moments so perfectly. He's just a joy to watch every goddamn second he's on screen. His character is flawed, but the way he's written and the way Murray portrays him makes him feel so realistic.
The reviews on here seem to be a lot less enthusiastic than mine, so perhaps this is no guarantee... but I would say that if you love Lost In Translation, this should do something for you. It connects to certain emotions and feelings that feel so true to life, and it's not often that I really feel that in an authentic way from a film.
And to top it all off, there's a brand new track by Phoenix during the credits.