Broken Flowers
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Actor: Alexis Dziena, Frances Conroy, Julie Delpy, Nicole Abisinio, Ryan DonowhoBrand: UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAIN.
Primary Contributor: Julie Delpy
Primary Contributor: Murray, Bill
Primary Contributor: Stone, Sharon
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled)
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 106 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-01-03
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Universal Studios
Movie Reviews of Broken Flowers
Movie Review: The back of Bill Murray's head
Summary: 3 Stars
The problems with Broken Flowers are not so much caused by the movie--although it is very slow paced, enough to drive some people insane--but by the marketing. This movie is not hilarious, it's not a comedy at all; that a film has a couple of moments where you laugh does not make it a comedy. Nor does the casting of a primarily comedic actor in the lead make it a comedy. When Murray re-made The Razor's Edge, he explicitly said, "This is not a comedy" to every talk show host who would listen. But the studio undercut him by sending along a clip of the only funny moment in the entire film. And so here as well. Murray does nothing to make this a comedy; he clearly wants to be taken as a 'serious' actor. But someone in marketing thought that would be the kiss of death. So they've labelled a dark study of a man alone as hilarious and a comedy; it's actually a tragedy. Murray's character is emotionally detached from everyone, and has no understanding of how to reconnect. I'm reminded of Camus. Murray rarely shows any expression at all; the director emphasizes this by showing repeated shots of the back of Murray's head. What happens in this film is that nothing happens. Those flowers are broken for a reason--exactly what that reason is we are never told, nor do we particularly need to know--and no florist's trick can ever heal them. Going to a film with wildly wrong expectations can ruin the experience for a lot of people--no one on the creative side was done any favors by Hollywood's relentless quest for the dollar.
Summary of Broken Flowers
Bill Murray (Lost in Translation) stars in the comedic story of an aging Don Juan who hits the road on a revealing and humorous cross-country journey. When a mysterious pink letter informs Don Johnston (Murray) that he may have a 19-year-old son he visits four former lovers where he comes face to face with the errors of his past and the possibilities of the future.From acclaimed director Jim Jarmusch and co-starring Sharon Stone Frances Conroy Jessica Lange Tilda Swinton and Jeffrey Wright Broken Flowers is the highly original comedy that Peter Travers of Rolling Stone says is "filled with wonderful mischief" and "brings out the best in Bill Murray."System Requirements:RUN TIME: 1 Hour 46 MinutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre:?COMEDY Rating:?R UPC:?025192847721 Manufacturer No:?28477Bill 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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