Product Description: When a mysterious pink letter informs don johnston that he may have a 19 year old son he travels to the homes of 4 former lovers where he comes face-to-face with the errors of his past & possibilities of his future. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 09/04/2007 Starring: Bill Murray Frances Conroy Run time: 106 minutes Rating: R
Amazon.com: Bill Murray gives yet another simple, seemingly effortless, yet illuminating performance in Jim Jarmusch's Broken Flowers. Don Johnston (Murray, Lost in Translation, Rushmore) receives an anonymous letter telling him that he has a 19 year old son who's looking for him. Don only decides to investigate at the prompting of his neighbor Winston (the indispensable Jeffrey Wright, Shaft, Basquiat), who not only tracks down the current addresses of the possible mothers, he plans Don's entire trip down to the rental cars. Almost against his will, Don finds himself knocking at the doors of four very different women (Sharon Stone, The Quick and the Dead; Frances Conroy, Six Feet Under; Jessica Lange, Sweet Dreams; and Tilda Swinton, The Deep End) who were once his lovers. Part road movie, part detective story, part existential meditation, Broken Flowers is even more minimalist than most Jarmusch movies (Stranger Than Paradise, Dead Man, Mystery Train)--anyone looking for an easy resolution should look elsewhere. But for anyone willing to let a movie be a poem as much as a story--i.e., let it observe behavior without explaining it--Broken Flowers will offer a wealth of mysteries, gestures, and Bill Murray's soulful eyes. It's a movie that's wonderfully eloquent about what's not being said. --Bret Fetzer
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Rating: - The Great Hoax
Great film of Bill Murray moping. Sort of like his Lost in Translation persona, or maybe even him in Rushmore. He's a middle-aged man in a track suit, he's had several women in his life. The day that one ... Read More
Rating: - What's not to like about Bill Murray?
Bill Murray's recent movies (Lost in translation, Broken flowers... etc) are amazing and fun to watch. I sense some sort of personal isolation and cheerful depression in all of them. This one was no exception. ... Read More
Rating: - Solid
Bill Murray is the closest thing to a modern Charlie Chaplin, not in being a filmmaker, but in creating an onscreen persona. His `dour schlemiel' is every bit as iconic as Chaplin's tramp. He has played the same ... Read More
Rating: - Broken Flowers
The start of it was boring and it is depressing to watch for those who just broke up with their mates.
Rating: - Beautiful.
I am a big fan of Jarmusch and Bill Murray and when the two come together we see a great character named Don Johnston come to the screen. When auteur Jarmusch focuses on an actor he tends to give them the freedom ... Read More
- The Great Hoax
- What's not to like about Bill Murray?