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Lost in Translation - Patreon Version (Patreon)

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No Sync Required Version: https://cinebingers.ca/gb2S2xEFi0 - For Patreon tier "Bingers on The Wall" or higher.

Movie runtime: 1:41:46

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BigGuy209

love this movie 🍿

Ph4ZeD

Haven’t watched this movie in donkeys years so good excuse to watch again!

JakeyShakeyBakeyBoy

Sofia Coppola said she got stuck on page 12 when writing this and gave up for ages. Guess if anything it’s a testament to don’t give up on something you wanna do

djKENTO

I adore this movie. Also the soundtrack is INCREDIBLE. They put the sound they captured for the movie in between songs and stuff. It’s such a groove. Also the audios scape for this movie is so fucking accurate. The way the city sounds is such a part of its personality and they capture that so perfectly… beautifully even.

djKENTO
>>127299886

also the box that Bill Murray drinks from is Sake. Sake is traditionally served in a little wood box.

Middy

I saw this movie 12 years ago, slapped a 10/10 rating on it, then never watched it again because I was afraid the magic might dissipate on repeat viewings. Today feels right though, let's do this.

8bitAndy

Surprised to see a Rom Com on the channel, but by no means am I mad at it. I hope this means more to come.

ra ra rasputin

oh look! its the 2nd place of the previous poll! the one where a bunch of people were throwin tantrum wasnt winning and there for it mUsT mean it will nEvEr be watched!

djKENTO
>>127299886

Sofia Coppola was with Spike Jonze while they were making this movie. Which is actually why you get Peaches in JackAss around the same time. They had a shared love of music.

Michael Kang-Beats

"Mired in the vibe" is the best way to watch all Sofia Coppola films.

Jay

Back in 2003, I bunked off school one afternoon and went to the cinema. Hadn't heard of this film but saw the poster (Bill Murray sitting on the bed) and thought I'd give it a go. I absolutely loved it and being big into the Jesus and Mary Chain back in the day, 'Just Like Honey' playing at the end was the cherry on top of a delicious cake. I floated out of the cinema, looking forward to watching along later.

NareikAC

Probably the worst movie I have ever seen.

Michael Kang-Beats

I saw this film alone in the theater just as a long-term relationship was ending. The next day I went with that woman. We both decided we needed to officially end the relationship shortly after. It took me about a decade before I could watch it again - not because I was hung up on the relationship, but because I loved how the movie made me feel those two times and I was afraid it wouldn't feel the same, as I'm now closer to Bob's age. I still love it. Top 10 for me.

punterjoe

This was the first Sofia Coppola movie I ever saw, and I really love how she subverted all my expectations. It's such a moody meditation and (multiple) character study, I can see why Murray considered this a favorite performance. It has a more "indie" feel than what one would expect from a Bill Murray, Scarlet Johansson film. I hope this inspires you to check out other equally idiosyncratic Sofie Coppola films.

Justin James

This one is definitely in my top 5! "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou" by Wes Anderson is another one of my favourite Bill Murray films.

Paul Davey

Interestingly, Spike Jonze would later go on to make the movie "Her", which is also loosely based on his marriage with Sofia Coppola. Scarlett also plays the "Sofia Coppola" part in that movie too.

Tim T—
>>127313902

And even greater than LiT, I think. Perfect if Gin & Sonic want to jump back on the Wes Anderson train.

Young Blood Priest

The Rat Pack were a group of popular entertainers in the 50s and 60s. Frank Sinatra Dean (Dino) Martin Sammy Davis jr to name a few . They were the stars of the original Ocean’s 11.

Ketzalborne

one of my all time favorite films, mainly due to my connections to japan but just a simple love story between 2 people

ChickensAreRacist

Loved this reaction. Will be watching it a few times. As far as what we/I think Bob whispered in her ear… I’ve never speculated but it’s fun to now that you guys asked. I’ll just spitball ‘You’re doing better now in your age and marriage than I was at that age’. Something assuring. Idk lol. Edit: Or maybe he gave her a good philosophical quote given her major. Sorta like whatever he said in French poetry to Andie Macdowell in Groundhog Day.

UNC

I cannot wait to watch this tonight! Thanks again hope you enjoyed! Now can we get Godfather 3 for cinecringe?

olly.enn

ICHIBAN !!! Lipstick... for MEN!

Odd Thomas

Sunshine (2007) please and thank you

Odd Thomas

Coppola is a little hit n miss with her output but Lost in Translation is still her best imo. The Virgin Suicides is good too and I'm excited for Priscilla because I love Elvis and Cailee Spaeny!

Ian Forbes

I agree with Simone that there was physical attraction in the elevator but I think both of them were always mindful of being married (Murray’s one night stand with the lounge singer I always saw as a combination of frustration, loneliness, emotional fatigue, and alcohol (for me reinforced by his reaction in the morning). There are a number of people who tried manipulating the audio to find out what Murray said but apparently only he, Johansson, and Coppola know what he said and none of them have said what it was. I have always believed it was something along the lines of ‘ You’re going to figure it all out and I wish I could be there when you do.’ But that’s the beauty of the ambiguous nature of the scene; it is what we think/want it to be.

Stephanie Bedworth

Simone, if you remember from Buffy, Spike described a classic mid life crisis car as "something red, shiny, shaped like a penis."

Sumner Hayes

By UN urban population estimates*, Tokyo is almost twice the size of Beijing or New York City and is by far the largest city in the world. It's a little over 6 times the population of the Toronto metropolitan area. *There are a lot of ways to measure things; the UN estimates are for a contiguous urban region and are a reasonably decent attempt at measuring what people mean when the casually ask how big city X is.

W T

Token White People in China is a freaky experience for sure, literally just there as decorative elements for business meetings. Pretty much the inverse "That's my quant"-scene from Big Short.

W T
>>127316130

Weird how it didn't hit me way sooner, but two thirds into the movie I got this really intense urge to promote Her more than usually Which should have been way more obvious, considering the SJ-connection, but yeah... "Her" is way, way on the top of my list, probably right there with Cloud Atlas (and with it, in a somewhat roundabout manner, episode one of the "Pluto" anime). Very prescient in a bunch of ways, very apropos to the entire ML-hubbub of the last decade and LLMs in particular. Really enjoyable movie. I have no idea whether S/G have watched it before, but yeah, that's a huge vote for the romantic genre. Shakespear in Love?

AstralCars

Please react to Chungking Express (1994) and Past Lives (2023) for similar urban heartbreak vibes!

Lola Lirola

Such a good movie! In rewatching it here I kept thinking that movies so rarely do this kind of complexity in how the characters relate to each other, right? Where, like Simone says, the development of the emotional involvement is earned. Now you have to do the gossipy double feature and watch Her! 'Her' is Spike Jonze's movie about divorcing from Sofia, a perfect complement to this one where Sofia reflects on being married to Spike. It's so particularly fascinating how the two of them depict themselves and each other... and how Scarlett Johansson plays parts in both, and what that means. Here, the stand-ins are not even barely disguised: Johansson has the same pout and haircut Coppola has, Ribisi dresses just like Jonze did, and the Anna Faris character is very clearly Cameron Diaz; she's even dressed like she was in Charlie's Angels.

Lola Lirola

One thing Coppola does incredibly well is capturing the haziness of unmoored girlhood, when you haven't yet hardened into who you're going to be. She sepecializes in that kind of 'schroedinger' moments in life, when everything is is flux and things can go either way. You can see her masterfully do this in The Virgin Suicides and Marie Antoinette (and in the less known but underrated Somewhere), and even her "middle age" movie, On the Rocks, is about a recently divorced woman who is not sure how her life is going to turn out. There's a dream-like, precariously-balanced quality in her imagery that she is really good at, but gets mocked as 'slowness'. She's quite accomplished as a filmmaker, but because her focus is on girlhood, she gets dismissed too easily. Oh, and I haven't seen Priscilla yet, but from what I understand, it has that same quality of looking at a woman who is trying to find herself while surrounded by liminal spaces. Definitely watch The Virgin Suicides and Marie Antoinette if you have a chance! (All that said, I do agree with Simone that The Bling Ring was kind of a mess.)

Thirty Year Old Mulberry Field

Probably little chance these 2 get considered, but for those interested, “Broken Flowers” is another great slow burn typical of Jim Jarmusch helmed projects. And for an underrated comedic effort there’s “Quick Change” Murray’s only time in the director’s chair, imo it holds up better than his go-to comedy hits.

Lola Lirola
>>127316130

Curiously, I think Rooney Mara plays the Sofia Coppola character in "Her", and not Johansson. And then that makes Jonze choosing Johansson's voice even more poingnant, in my opinion.

Lola Lirola
>>127311732

I had a very similar experience with Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. I went to see it with my then-partner, just as our 10 year relationship was clearly dying but neither of us wanted to say it out loud... It was a gut-wrenching surreal experience to be sitting there watching it together. Ironically, Eternal Sunshine is one of my favorite movies of all time.

Lola Lirola
>>127299886

Yes!! I went to Tokyo to visit a friend who was working there (translating Japanese videogames), and you're right, the soundscape of the city is so unique and characterful, and so well captured here. Also yes, Sofia Coppola is great at choosing needle-drop moments in her movies: the Air slo-mo walk in Virgin Suicides, the New Order and Siouxsie in Marie Antoinette, the drums of Just Like Honey in this one, sounding like a pounding heart... So incredibly good.

Johnny Liu

This movie is like a warm, comfy nostalgia blanket. Although the neat thing is a lot of Tokyo still looks the same as it did back then.

Michael Kang-Beats
>>127311732

When I saw Eternal Sunshine the wound was still real. I think the two films were released within 6 months of each other. Both movies are in my Top 10. It took nearly a decade before I felt like I wanted to revisit them.

Lola Lirola

Inspired by comments clamoring for more romcoms (yay! is it just my wanting it to be true, or are audiences in general kinda asking for them lately?), here are some of the unmissable recommendations for the channel: The "Before" trilogy: Before Sunrise, Before Sunset and Before Midnight - if you liked the emotional depth and slow connection here, you're going to love these movies. Someone recently described Before Sunrise as "it felt like watching a poem'", and I think it's the most accurate description of it I've ever heard. When Harry Met Sally - if you're only going to watch one romcom, it should be this one; it's the benchmark by which all other romcoms are measured, and it's still unsurpassed. Plus, bonus Carrie Fisher! Some Like it Hot - an oldie that still feels fresher, wittier and more daring than most modern attempts at romance. Marilyn Monroe at the peak of her comedic mastery. One of the greatest ending lines of all time! 10 Things I Hate About You - Heath Ledger's first ever leading role! And he aces it in this kinda raunchy, witty, highschool adaptation of Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew, so you know it's prestige! Cruel Intentions - Another highschool adaptation of a classic, this time of Les Liaisons Dangereuses, has Buffy herself, Sarah Michelle Gellar, going all bad-girl against Reese Witherspoon and Selma Blair. One of the most legendary onscreen kisses of the 90s, too. What If - Daniel Radcliffe has just said that he wants to do a romcom with Quinta Brunson because "there's already a height match", so let's rescue this sweet and cute modern romcom Radcliffe did a few years ago! Also with Adam Driver being allowed to be cute and funny rather than brooding, for a change. Notting Hill - British romcoms have their own flavor, and if Nora Ephron is the undisputed queen of the genre, then Richar Curtis is the definite King. You can choose between this one, Four Weddings and a Funeral, and About Time, but this one has the charm of different worlds colliding, as bumbling bookstore owner Hugh Grant literally crashes into biggest movie star of all time Julia Roberts... **Bonus added: Wait, hang on, I just remembered one more! Rye Lane - released just last year, this is like a modern, Millennial When Harry Met Sally, but with a Black couple in London. It has all of the charm of the best of the genre, updated for today (and it's a breath of fresh air among all the whiteness of the genre...)

Young Blood Priest

I knew you guys would like this movie. It’s real, it’s human and it lends itself to endless discussion.

Young Blood Priest
>>127343645

I’m a sucker for romcoms too. When Harry met Sally is a classic. I haven’t seen the others on your list but I’ll be eager to watch if they get picked. The Best Man with Nia Long and Morris Chestnut is a fave of mine I think Simone and George would like too (hope you don’t mind me adding to your list).

john blake

I’ve seen this film many times but that ending gets me every time!

Thirty Year Old Mulberry Field
>>127343645

Not comedic but “Closer” is a great romantic drama with an excellent ensemble that includes Natalie Portman, Clive Owens, Julia Roberts and Jude Law. And last year’s “Past Lives” is an excellent recent romance that takes a slow burn approach.

Jacob King
>>127339984

If we are talking Jim Jarmusch and romance Patterson is one of the sweetest most heartwarming low key films ever. Truly beautiful movie.

Jay

Guys, you forget about Groundhog Day😲😲. I love GD but this is definitely my favourite Bill Murray movie. Rushmore, The Life Aquatic (both Wes Anderson) and Broken Flowers would be up there too.

Jay

When I saw this back in 2003, my reaction to Scarlett Johansson was "Oh, it's the girl from Ghost World". Not sure how that film would fare on a poll (badly, I'm guessing) but it's great.

Travis

Greatest opening shot in cinematic history

Wally Hartshorn

This is my favorite movie of all time! When I saw that you guys were reacting to this, I immediately paid for a membership on Patreon so that I could enjoy your full reaction. Please, please, please react to more lesser known great films. I know that blockbusters and other extremely popular films get more votes in polls (and probably more views), but after a while it all begins to feel the same. The lesser known stuff once in a while provides a nice change of pace, even if they don't win the polls.

Jesse Coombs
>>127343645

The Before Trilogy and Some Like it Hot are both masterpieces. (Really can't go wrong with either director.)

Deco

Great movie, can I recommend aftersun for the poll.

Grand Moff Slackin'

This movie has a special place in my heart. As a young 20 something I saw this movie in a theater in Houston. There was one other guy there and we laughed at the same parts. Later as a bad graphic design student I would stay up all night finishing projects with this movie on repeat in the DVD player. Good times.

Jesse Coombs

Now that you've seen this, Eternal Sunshine, Crouching Tiger, and Everything Everywhere At Once, you're ready for some more emotional affairs, namely being Wong Kar-wai's "In the Mood For Love", Wilder's "The Apartment" and Todd Haynes' "Far From Heaven.

Jesse Coombs

If you're looking for a Bill Murray Wes Anderson movie, "The Life Aquatic..."

Jesse Coombs

Sorry, I'm geeking out, but definitely check out "Being John Malkovich" and it's "sequel" "Adaptation."

Anthony Villena

I think the whispering at the end was so much between them that letting the audience know what was said would itself be lost in translation to us. Like overhearing an inside joke but not a joke.

Juley

I love this movie! It really does break the Hollywood mold of what you would expect. It also does a great job with the setting. In this huge city they feel isolated by its foreign nature as much as they feel isolated in their own lives. About a year before this film was made, I went to Japan for a few months to do research. EVERYTHING is this movie was so familiar! I sat on the ledge of my massive hotel window and watched the sun come up over the city because I couldn’t sleep. I meandered around shrines, gardens, pachinko parlors, etc. I had bad interpreters who could only translate long Japanese dialogs into short English sentences. I went to a karaoke box with people I met. I ate at shabu shabu restaurants (you boil the meat in broth). It’s such a great example of going to Tokyo alone when you don’t speak the language!

Juley

The Virgin Suicides is another good Sofia Coppola movie.

ChickensAreRacist

I know what he whispered to her. He told her he picked that last kareoke song he sang for a reason.

Koonce

I saw Peaches live, she opened for Nine Inch Nails. It was a blasty blast.

Rupert Purcat

Hope you watch Stripes, and my favourite Bill Murray (yes 'what about Bob') is 'St Vincent' - one day you will get to it. Thanks and Cheers

Shonnicus
>>127343645

I'm down for the Before Trilogy. Idk how well it would go over, but some of my favorites.

Shonnicus

If you do another movie say around about connection please do Wong Kar-wai "In the Mood for Love" it has the great and favorite actor Tony Leung and Maggie Cheung.

Patrick

I got so excited when the visited Kyoto in this movie. I'm not a religious or overly spiritual person, but the ambiance and architecture of that entire small city literally changed my mood the entire time I was there, just walking around.

James W.

One of my favorite modern romantic films. Sofia Coppola knows how to visualize an emotion just by holding a frame and letting it linger. No need to generate drama through dialogue or fancy camera moves. I haven't seen another movie that shows that feeling of isolation in a room full of people so economically but still visceral. I would never have called it that Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansen would have such great chemistry but they did and it felt natural. Those characters fit so well in that situation that I never got a whiff gross off of it. I was just sort happy they found each and that Coppola didn't just do the tropey crap you typically see in a May-Dec. romance. I just felt empathy for both of them. A damn good movie.

Paul Davey
>>127316130

It's possible both characters are a representation of Sofia, I guess. My belief leans more toward Scarlett as that's the relationship the movie focuses on the most. Rooney character is after the fact. But still, as already it could be both of them.

Paul Davey
>>127316130

I recommended Her a couple of years back. It's interesting how the movie only ten years ago was portraying an aspect of technology as science-fiction but today has become very real.

Jacob King

This was fun to watch again. A very particular emotional headspace. Simone is correct about the lust in that elevator scene. You said at the start that Bill was the bigger star but at the time this was seen as something of a comeback. Aside from Wes Anderson movies his career had turned to novelty cameos and b-movies. This was the beginning of people taking him seriously as a serious actor. Being John Malkovich is amazing and Cameron Diaz is the best she ever was in that movie. Rushmore and The Life Aquatic are both incredible Bill Murray movies.

MrCAL

What he whispered in her ear was what she needed to hear...

Lola Lirola
>>127343645

I think, since Lost in Translation seems to be doing well, and they both enjoyed it and were moved by it, then the Before Trilogy would also be a good fit! Fingers crossed. They are really incredible movies, I just rewatched them recently and they are truly masterful.

Ihor Krasman
>>127384509

There is most common transription (which doesn't mean 100% truth) "Me wehe au, engari e kore ahau e tuku i tera i waenganui i a tatou, e pai?" I translate it to maori to not spoil it for someone, so use google translate)

Tay Schumaker

So someone did some deep diving and you can actually hear what he says at the end. I am of the opinion that it doesn't really matter what he says, but if you really want to know, I'll put it below I have to be leaving, but I won't let that come between us.

Patrick
>>127302982

I shamelessly love a GOOD Rom-Com. emphasis on "Good". Most are absolutely horrible, but a Good one that can make me laugh and also cry about 10 times is a good hour and a half spent in my eyes.

Patrick

If you want an absolutely adorable Rom-Com, I've watched "Always be my maybe" like 3 times. The typical Rom-Com gender roles are reversed for once which made it feel unique to me, and I also love me some Ali Wong. That girl CAN ACT! This was years before winning an Emmy for "BEEF" as well. If you wanna laugh and cry and feel nostalgic about a childhood crush that "got away", I couldn't recommend it more.

ExtraBigAssTaco

I would like to recommend a couple more Rom-Coms that might be a little off the beaten path from most others. Ode To Joy is an interesting take on the genre, with Martin Freeman and Morena Baccarin, where the protagonist has a condition that causes him to faint if he feels more than a tiny bit of emotion. Absolutely Anything is just hilarious ridiculous fun with Simon Pegg, Robin Williams voicing a dog, and an ensemble of other funny people and/or their voices. Simon's character is given the power to do "Absolutely Anything" with a wave of his hand - hilarity ensues.

Hyperdryve

Recommending Stranger Than Fiction

Phoenix Lennard

this is my favourite film of ALL TIME. I'm so happy you guys are reacting to it!

christopher tufano

If you guys enjoyed this one I think you would also really enjoy Before We Go which is a very similar take.

REDR58

Bill Murray was 52 at the time of this filming and Scarlett Johansson was 17(!). So the song Anna Faris is singing (badly) is “Nobody Does it Better” originally recorded by Carly Simon for the 1977 Roger Moore James Bond movie “The Spy Who Loved Me.” Remember, Bill Murray mentions Sean Connery as Bond but the Japanese commercial director apparently preferred Roger Moore. Connery made a Bond movie in Japan “You Only Live Twice” in 1967. Roger Moore never made a James Bond movie in Japan, though he did make “The Man With the Golden Gun” elsewhere in Asia.

Chris B

@Simone - here's a different take regarding Friends: Giovanni Ribisi plays one character, that was always my impression. The guy who throws the condom is Pheobies brother. She hadn't met him at that point. So it's like an accidental encounter before they actually meet.

Śéáń

"Limerence" is a term that best describes the relationship in this film. "Limerence is a state of mind which results from romantic or non-romantic feelings for another person, and typically includes intrusive, melancholic thoughts, or tragic concerns for the object of one's affection as well as a desire to form or maintain a relationship with the object of love and to have one's feelings reciprocated. Limerence can also be defined as an involuntary state of intense desire for someone, marked by intrusive thoughts and a desire for a relationship and reciprocation. " In one way it's just a more professional way to say "crush", but I feel it's a bit more subtle. Bob and Charlotte are drawn to each other, but they both know they can't take it as far as they would if things were different. There's a fundamental gap between them that keeps what they have special. If they actually got together, it wouldn't be the same as the comfort they have found in each other during a very difficult period and place they currently feel trapped in, and they both know it, so things have to stay unspoken. It's a really delicately told relationship between them, I really love this film for it. It's the first time I've watched it in about 10 years and I definitely got a very different experience from watching it at this point in my life than when I was in my early 20s. It's a very beautiful film.

Joe D. MacGuffinstuff

I love this movie, it's unique and authentic, love me a good indie. Speaking of which, I have to recommend a couple of movies, but just for personal viewing, not for the channel because they're obscure and wouldn't do well on YT, pretty sure. Nevertheless I love these movies and I think you might like them too: GHOST WORLD, with an even younger Scar Jo, a quirky, odd little movie about a couple of teenage girls, sort of a coming of age movie but for art class nerds like me, I think it's based on a comic book/graphic novel; and... BROKEN FLOWERS, a Jim Jarmusch directed movie with Bill Murray as an aging, i think the term is "lothario", who goes on a quest to find out if one of his many ex-girlfriends had a child by him, it's funnier than it sounds, and I love the quirky soundtrack. Quirky is the theme here of course 😆

Nemo

My favorite Bill Murray movie is definitely The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou. Such an underrated gem, peak Murrayness.

Phoenix Lennard

You guys seriously need to CHILL with the pre-movie conversation. 13 minutes talking about nothing is ridiculous. Just play the damn movie.

Briar
>>127633084

Just skip forward if you don't want to listen.... Not sure what the problem is?

Cinebinge
>>127633084

Hi Phoenix Lennard, while we understand you have personal preferences and opinions on things, and you are entitled to them. We ask all patrons to show others decency and respect in the same way you expect in return. Insults towards other patrons are prohibited and will result in a permanent ban. This is your last warning.

Elder Lyons
>>127633084

i hope whatevers making you the way you are stops soon, or at the very least i hope you realize soon no ones forcing you to listen to the chatter, just skip it. or just dont even be here, no ones forcing you to do that neither.

Phoenix Lennard
>>127633084

You don’t understand anything with that Copy&Paste response, either chill the fuck out with wasting peoples time on 13 minutes of nothing, or leave a damn timestamp of when you start the movie or show. It’s literally that simple. What a waste of money and time.

Elder Lyons
>>127633084

that is some next level pathetic there Phoenix, but im guessing you are long banned by now so guess you will see this msg but not able to answer. too bad, so sad. go see a shrink and try to figure out why no one ever invites you anywhere more than once.

PureGonzo
>>127633084

You do realize you’re allowed to just… watch the movie on your own, right? The whole point of a reaction channel is to enjoy the movie with what the reactors are adding to the experience. I personally enjoy their banter, as does most everyone else here I assume. That’s why we’re subscribed to their Patreon in the first place.

Angela D. Mitchell

I love this movie, especially how delicate it is. It captures melancholy really beautifully, that sense of being alone and seeking understanding (translation). I think the opening on ScarJo's butt is more about how surprising and intimate the movie will be, but in a quiet "everyday" way -- not an affair. And they're regular panties, she's not wearing a thong, etc. -- which underscores that "everyday" not "sexified" aspect. BUT. I do think Coppola's unconscious privilege shows here and there, and I do cringe at the constant mentions of how differently the Japanese pronounce English (when, hey, it's a completely different language), but I think the movie overall is gentle and affectionate to all its characters. I just think it does gloss right past some icky stuff from Bob. He missed his kid's birthday, he acts like his wife's focus on their home is intrusive (yes, it's comically expanded here), etc. "The kids miss me, but they're fine," is the best example of unconscious male arrogance you'll find anywhere. It's pretty icky. Bob just assumes his wife is this person when she is trapped in the life she is forced into. I mean, he's soaking in a bath in luxury and she asks for his help and the movie wants us to think she's awful. SHE is home with the kids, their house which is seemingly under construction, etc. I'm just sayin'. It's pretty much assumed to be based on Sofia's marriage to Spike Jonze (Ribisi is basically doing an impression) -- a successful commercial and movie director (very antic, also acts -- was in "Three Kings") who most notably directed "Being John Malkovich," "Her," and a ton of high-profile music videos. I don't think they have an emotional affair. But I think they come close to it. As it is, it's a "two ships passing in the night" situation -- both having a tough few days, they confide in each other, and move on. I think his ACTUAL affair is a much bigger worry for his wife (who is presented clumsily as pure evil for being so focused on their home, which... meh). I think forgetting your kid's birthday is genuinely jerky no matter what, so Bob's not scoring a lot of points with me. Meanwhile, it is very widely believed that Anna Faris's character is based on Cameron Diaz, who acted in Jonze's "Being John Malkovich." I believe it -- I have friends in the trade gossip aspect of entertainment, and it's a pretty wicked dead-on impersonation, right down to the "Everyone thinks I'm anorexic but I can eat anything I want!" and the super-intense sweet semi-fake persona. The final scene is just perfect to me. So gorgeous and kind to the characters.

Brad Lowry

There is another Sophia Coppola film which would also avail itself for you guys to do the Old/New version thing as you did with "Road House": In 2017 Sophia Coppola directed Colin Farrell, Nicole Kidman and Kirsten Dunst in "The Beguiled"... In 1971 Don Siegel directed Clint Eastwood, Geraldine Page and Elizabeth Hartman in "The Beguiled"... (those cast members playing the same roles, respectively) In the late 70's it made it to HBO (or its equivalent at the time) and I saw it and it had quite an impact on my teenage boy self! (Both 1971 and 2017 version are Rated R.) The 1971 version stars the Great Geraldine Page, whom F. Murray Abraham (Salieri in "Amadeus") pronounced as "the greatest living actress" when he announced her win as Best Actress for "The Trip to Bountiful" I presume you guys are aware of the other 5 actors... More Artsy-Fartsy than "Road House", but I guarantee you've seen nothing like the 1971 version! (haven't seen 2017 version but by the first couple of lines of the "Plot" Sections of the corollary Wikipedia pages they are indeed the same basic film)