Lost in Translation A Movie Review	MPAA Rated - R It's 1:42 Long A Review by The Dude on the Right

Bill Murray is Bob Harris. He’s an aging actor in Tokyo to film a whisky commercial. He clearly does not want to be there, but hey, an easy payday sounds good to him, especially when his home life isn’t that great. Scarlett Johansson is Charlotte. She’s a newlywed in Tokyo with her husband. He’s a photographer named John (Giovanni Ribiso) and at first it sounded like a good idea to Charlotte, see Tokyo while her husband is off working, but now she’s homesick, especially since John is hardly around. Still stuck on American time, Bob and Charlotte have trouble sleeping so it’s no surprise they find themselves meeting each other in the hotel bar one night. Ever so quickly a weird relationship begins to develop as both people don’t want to be alone, decide to spend the time together exploring Tokyo, especially with some locals Charlotte knows, and we are treated to some of the best scenes in the movie involving the two of them not understanding Japanese the language nor Japanese the culture.

Geese, I really don’t know what else to tell you about this movie because in a nutshell that’s the basis of the story. For a few days Bob and Charlotte find Tokyo to be fun, mostly because they are together. A strange sexual tension comes to be, but you honestly get the feeling that they both know they can’t go there, and not because they’re married, but because their friendship would become bastardized were that to happen.

I suppose I’ll just wrap this review leaving things at that. Murray continues to play these seemingly odd roles (like his place in "The Royal Tenenbaums"), playing them fantastically, and really showing he is one of the most underrated actors out there, that is unless he gets an Oscar. Scarlett Johansson is really making a name for herself with looks that don’t scream supermodel (I don’t mean that in a bad way), and acting talent that shows she should have a long career being able to play any role in front of her.

Overall I’m giving the movie 4 ½ stars out of 5, but with some warnings. It’s got some really funny moments, some touching moments, but it’s got them in more of an artsy way. If you can go with that, you’ll really enjoy the movie, but if you’re the kind who prefers the normal comedy fair, you’ll probably get lost in the artsy way and not really care for the movie. I loved it, for what it’s worth.

That’s it for this one! I’m The Dude on the Right!! L8R!!!