Broken Flowers

Broken Flowers

Plot Outline

The resolutely single Don Johnson has just been dumped by his latest lover, Sherry. Don resigns himself to being alone yet again and left to his own devices. Instead, he is compelled to reflect on his past when he receives by mail a mysterious pink letter. It is from an anonymous former lover and informs him that he has a 19-year-old son who may now be looking for his father. Don is urged to investigate this “mystery” by his closest friend and neighbor, Winston, an amateur sleuth and family man. Hesitant to travel at all, Don nonetheless embarks on a cross-country trek in search of clues from four former flames. Unannounced visits to each of these unique women hold new surprises for Don as he haphazardly confronts both his past and, consequently, his present.

Cast:

Bill Murray
Julie Delpy
Brea Frazier
Heather Simms
Jeffrey Wright
Jessica Lange
Christopher McDonald
Sharon Stone
Chloe Sevigny
Tilda Swinton
Francis Conroy

Director:

Jim Jarmusch

DVD Features:

• Extended scene
• ‘Start To Finish’: outtakes with Bill Murray
• ‘Farmhouse’: behind the scene with audio commentary from director Jim Jarmusch
• Trailers

The Features arn’t that extensive or great if im honest, but I don’t think the Film or the DVD needed or warented lots of in depth interviews or documentarys. What is included dosn’t lend much to the film and are pretty much the standard of films of this claiber, like “Sideways” or “Lost In Translation”.

Movie:

Where to start with this film? I could start with the fact that Bill Murry is awsome in this film, and put on a show that much like “Lost In Translation” (which he should have won the Oscar) or I could start with the fact that this film is a truly great film in my eyes. Jim Jarmusch proves once again to be a director of boat loads of tallent and quite a delicate touch, “Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai” being another of his movies and a great favourite of mine is on the same par as this film in this review, its a slow but well paced film with great small and delicate touches that make the film a pleasure to watch, but also the fact that Bill Murry is a very dry comedian proves to be a great match for this film, the rest of the cast are great too and all put 100% in to this qurky road trip type movie.

For those who love Bill, you are guaranteed to love him in this film, his mannerisms and the way he looks and smiles make it fun to watch, and the little comic touches he brings to the role of Don really make this film for me.

Now for the downsides to this film, for some it may be a little slow, but if you have patiance to stick with it its a great watch. Editing is pretty shabby for me, and makes the movie even slower than it needed to be, the editor had the chance to put in some pace to the film but failed, and left the whole film feeling a little rough around the edges, but again if you can get past this, then you will be rewared.

I dont want to spoil the film by giving away the plot or storie too much, but the ending left a bitter taste in my mouth, I was expecting more for it and it will make the less patiant or none movie fans a little upset and short changed. I on the other hand actully found the ending quite nice and probably the best way to end the film.

I could go on about the other things that go into making a film, but none stand out in this film, onl the directing and acting make the film a good film if not a great film.

On the music front, some people will like the soundtrack like I did, or will hate it like the people that I watched the film with did. But get past it and move on and you should enjoy this movie, I think the final remark for this film will be “you either hate it or love it” and I know this like sitting on the bench and not sticking my neck out, but it proves to be the correct way to view this film, see it with an open mind and with people who enjoy murry and you should have an enjoyable movie experiance.

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