Broken Flowers

Don Johnston: Well, the past is gone, I know that. The future isn't here yet, whatever it's going to be. So, all there is, is this. The present. That's it.

This one isn't for everyone? The pace was very deliberate and this is probably why it was not a box-office hit. You really need to pay attention to what is going on or you will feel very unsatisfied later on (not unlike "Lost in Translation"). While the supporting cast is ridiculous it is still Murray that shines the brightest in his subdued role.

follow me at https://IHATEBadMovies.com or facebook IHateBadMovies

great movie . awful soundtrack

Very good movie about a man reflecting on the meaning of of his past life.

love bill murray and jim jarmusch, but this one was
boring by the end sorry not for me

Bill Murray puts on the sad clown face in one of his drearier roles. It's a black comedy at heart, with an eye cast to the implications of paternity and an increasingly weird series of long-extinguished romances, but there's no joy in Murray's role as the dry, lonely playboy on a mission. The ever-changing cast, whose major players never last long enough to settle down and get comfortable, makes it an act with several faces but no identity. Worth a few awkward snickers at its most daring, on the large it's terribly bleak and morose, and ultimately runs kicking and screaming from the answers to its one major question.

Broken Flowers is an atrocious piece of tripe. The film tries to be everything and ends up being nothing. It teases itself as a mystery, then morphs into a character drama, then it becomes about the journey, and none of it pays off. The talent that gets wasted in this film is criminal; Bill Murray, Sharon Stone, Tilda Swinton, and many more. It’s the squandered opportunity more than anything else that mars this film. A bunch of slop cobbled together, Broken Flowers is a waste of everyone’s time.