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Bill Murray, Brea Frazier, Chloë Sevigny, Christopher McDonald, Frances Conroy
The resolutely single Don has just been dumped by his latest lover, Sherry. Don yet again resigns himself to being alone and left to his own devices. Instead, he is compelled to reflect on his past wh...( read more
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Bill Murray is an older, former ladies' man who gets an anonymous letter in the mail one day that tells him he has a son from a fling 20 years ago. Unfortunately, he has no idea who sent it, so he narrows it down to 4 possible women and with the help of his Sherlock Holmes wannab...( read more)
The calibration of Bill Murray and Jim Jarmusch was always going to be good. They worked together briefly before in Coffee & Cigarettes, and I think it was clear from then on that they would end up working together on more projects and long may they continue. Broken Flowers isn't...( read more)
Memorable for its remarkable ability to bore. Slow even for Jarmusch, this plays like what it is: an attempt to cash in on Bill Murray's newly found ability (in Lost in Translation) to play middle age malaise to perfection. There isn't much of a story, and I can't care about Murr...( read more)
Broken Flowers is such a fantastically well-written movie, at least if you forgive it a couple of excesses, like the constant Don Juan references and the young girl who attempts to seduce Bill Murray named Lolita of all things. They're very out-of-place in a screenplay that is ot...( read more)
Bill Murray is great and the story is clever and thought provoking. Slow and deliberate, but very intriguing.
A fantastic film, blending comedy with serious commentary on life - the path we lead and the fact that the consequences do not disappear, even if we choose never to look back. While fully in the realm of reality, the comedy is offbeat, and will have you laughing out loud. Howev...( read more)
Very good character study and realistic drama by Jarmusch. The amazing thing is that we don't really know anything about Don. Instead as the movie progress and the mystery deepens we can see him reflected in the women that he visits. Through the subtle performance of Bill Murray ...( read more)
