Lost in Translation (R, 2003)

An amazing movie! One of my very favorites. And CSM's review on this film is totally wrong...did they watch the same movie I did? It's actually pretty clean for an R-rated film, there's one raunchy strip club scene but besides that it would definitely earn a PG-13 rating. They say it has very strong language but I bet there were less than 10 cuss words througout, and not one of them was the F-word. Wierd.

Really wonderful acting by both Bill Murray and Scarlett Johanssen. If you've spent any time in the Far East on business or lived as an expat, you'll be in hysterics. This is an R movie and not for kids under 17.

This is a great movie but CSM is waay overreacting! In Australia this movie is PG for low level coarse language and sexual references! To say that this is for mature teens and adults only, and to say it contains very strong language is the stupidest statement ever!! This is a heartfelt and humourous drama about loneliness, alienation, and feeling out of place in a foreign place. It is about the connection of two souls, two lost people having an amazing friendship, brought together by fate. There was actually no swearing that I noticed, but I believe there was a few words like sh*t and a**, but nothing too graphic...the film starts with a closeup shot of a woman's bottom, in partially seethrough pink underwear, but this is not sexual. There is another scene in a Tokyo bar where music with obscene lyrics (Sucking on my t*tties etc.) is playing, and scantily clad women are poledancing on tables. The women's breasts are exposed, and they are wearing g-strings which show their entire bottoms. They dance sensually and in the faces of people sitting at the bar, but the nudity is from a distance and the scene is only brief. Some less mature children may find it boring, but I didn't, and if you are mature, you should watch this and you will find a whole different meaning in this wonderful, wonderful film. :)