Maybe I didn't understand what the director was trying to get across, or maybe my expectations were too high, but I guess I was hoping for a bit more of a story line than I received when I watched this movie. Half way through the film, I felt like pulling my hair out and screaming. I honestly felt lost in translation and felt that the story really takes you nowhere at all.

My respect to anyone out there who loved this film, that is your own opinion. But my opinion rests. I enjoyed moments of obvious situational humor, and my respect for Bill Murray as an incredible actor still stands. But I simply did not enjoy this movie at all.

And I must ask whether or not this film would have received the praise that it has had it been made by someone other than Ms. Coppola.