This film just further proves that I simply do not understand film critics. Lost in Translation is horrible. What exactly is this thing supposed to be about? Nothing happens. The characters do not develop, change, or even engage in anything relatively interesting. I don't need a movie to enjoy a "snippet of life", all I have to do is look around me. If there's supposed to be a message in this movie, it's either way beyond my comprehension, or it's simply "people that are unhappy and alone sometimes find others to share their misery with". I'd like to find someone to share my misery after watching this debacle of a film. Sure, the scenery is sometimes pretty, but that's Japan's fault, not Coppola's. It manages to be effective in spite of her, not because of her. 1 star out of 5.