Sofia Coppola's follow up to the 2003 hit
Lost in Translation tells the tale of the ill-fated young French queen
Marie Antoinette who loved to live life by excess. Did the critics love the movie as much as her last? Here are some tidbits from reviews around the net...
"Dazed and confused, it feels like a teenager's diary, read aloud over some awesome mixtape". -
Stephen Whitty - Newark Star-Ledger"...never quite becomes anything more than a mildly entertaining curiosity - something that can be attributed to Coppola's meandering screenplay and penchant for long, dialogue free sequences". David Nusair - Reel Film ReviewsIf Sofia Coppola isn't the queen of slow, she's the princess of bore. Despite its sumptuous production design and cinematography, this is grotesquely superficial, slow and boring.Tony Medley - Tonymedley.com" transports you to a place you've never been, makes you feel a sensation that'sfamiliar, yet leaves you different than you were two hours earlier". - Christy Lemire - Associated Press The movie is currently on a 54% rotten rating on
Rotten Tomatoes seemingly splitting the critics right down the middle. The unconvential style of the movie's soundtrack using 80's new wave and rock ballads was always going to put people off and nearly every bad review written for the film has flagged this. I must admit I was a bit concerned by the soundtrack when watching the trailer. It just doesn't seem to fit does it? Shame really, I loved
Lost in Translation and
The Virgin Suicides, I'm still hoping she can make it 3 for 3 in my eyes. I'm seeing this movie on Wednesday so expect my review sometime Thursday. source -
rotten tomatoes