This is one of the worst movies I've ever seen. Basically its lost in translation no one really knows whats going on in wise the Americans don't understand what the Japanese are saying and it just carries on, and its just a complete mess and a waste of time, what the DVD case says about the movie is a load of rubbish saying its hysterically funny i didn't laugh once in the hole movie it wasn't funny at all! Bill Murray wasn't magnificent he didn't have to do that much. the story is pretty poor how there both in japan and both abit lonely im surprised they didn't end up having sex. If they did the film may of got more interesting say if charlotte played by scarlett johansson and her husband caught them then it may of ended up being more interesting but hey another poor film. I have no idea how it won 3 golden globes its a complete joke.