Reviews/Movies: Comedy/Broken Flowers

Friday June 20, 2008 - 2:33 PM

Poor form from the usually-stellar Jarmusch, but still watchable - if only because Bill Murray is awesome, even in his most wooden and mediocre of roles.

Pass over this and watch Coffee and Cigarettes for some awesome Murray under Jarmusch.

Wednesday December 13, 2006 - 3:31 PM

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Friday November 10, 2006 - 10:34 PM

a pretty good existentialist movie. plus my friend Ryan Donowho is in it...and he's awesome.

Overall I really liked the movie. A good chararcter film and exploration of the meaning of life or lack thereof.

Monday November 06, 2006 - 7:28 PM

awful...

bill murray is dead to me. seriously he's like soooo done.

j

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Wednesday October 25, 2006 - 1:06 PM

This movie was amazing.
The end kind of confused me but the bill you see in this movie, is not the bill you see in the past. He has this comic sadness to him that makes the movie hilarious in a "inside your head" kind of thing. It's worth renting, but don't expect a "laught out loud" funny, because it isn't that kind of movie.

Wednesday October 18, 2006 - 12:52 PM

Ever since Lost in Translation, we've equated Bill Murray with this understated method of acting. How his lack of words and frenzy of action actually makes his performance all the funnier... Just in comparison with his earlier work where he plays animated and talkative characters. I think it's great he moves so effortlessly from one to the other, my admiration for him as an actor grows increasingly.

Director Jim Jarmusch on the other hand, while I know I should be more familiar with his work, I have only seen Coffee and Cigarettes. He wins me over with Broken Flowers though, the overall story, the characters, and how they play off one another and in themselves too. Everything that is said without a word, and the jumble of thoughts it keeps running through your head even as they're moving on to the next scene. I found myself dwelling on particular aspects or the smile still on my face from events in the last scene.

I loved how the characters Don and Winston played off one another, you really got a strong sense of the relationship between these two men, not to mention they were hilarious. I also like the randomness and professions of some of these women like Lolita, or Chloe Sevigny's character - I loved that line "Mr. Johnston, you forgot your flowers" so brilliantly cold, yet polite and to the point.

All in all, I thought this was a smart understated film that deserves your close undivided attention when viewing. Also enjoyed the open-ended finish. Very good writing.