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Broken Flowers (2005)
Rated: 15 [See Full Rating] for language, some graphic nudity and brief drug use
Runtime: 1 hr 46 mins
Theatrical Release: 21-10-2005
Synopsis: With BROKEN FLOWERS, staunchly independent filmmaker Jim Jarmusch delivers one of his most pleasing, accessible pictures. Winner of the 2005 Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival, the film tells the story of Don Johnston (Bill Murray), a man overflowing with wealth but void of emotion. On... With BROKEN FLOWERS, staunchly independent filmmaker Jim Jarmusch delivers one of his most pleasing, accessible pictures. Winner of the 2005 Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival, the film tells the story of Don Johnston (Bill Murray), a man overflowing with wealth but void of emotion. On the day that his most recent girlfriend (Julie Delpy) has given up on him for good, he learns, through an anonymous letter, that he might be the father of a 19-year-old boy. Spurned into action by his wannabe private eye neighbor, Winston (Jeffrey Wright), Don sets off on a personal journey to visit the former partners who may or may not have mothered his child. They include the flighty Laura (Sharon Stone), whose daughter Lolita (Alexis Dziena) certainly lives up to her name; the uptight Dora (Frances Conroy), who has settled into a sterile life with her chipper husband, Ron (Christopher McDonald); the strangely distant Carmen (Jessica Lange), who makes a living as an "animal communicator;" and, finally, Penny (Tilda Swinton), a hard-edged biker who is the least happiest to see Don. Each confrontation leaves Don feeling more lost than the last, spinning him into an even greater state of apathetic confusion. In typical Jarmusch fashion, he wrote the script for BROKEN FLOWERS with his casting firmly in mind: only Murray could play this role. The result showcases Murray's brilliance as a less-is-more presence. Jarmusch also gives some of Hollywood's most talented female actresses roles they can relish. A hundred percent Jarmusch, BROKEN FLOWERS is a wry, tender, and bittersweet portrait of a man who is drifting aimlessly through life. [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Bill Murray, Jeffrey Wright, Sharon Stone, Tilda Swinton, Julie Delpy
DVD Info
Release:
Mar 1, 2006
DVD Features:
- Region 1
- Snap Case
- Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.78
- Dual Layer - Single Sided
Audio:
- Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
- Subtitle - English (SDH), English, French, Spanish
Additional Release Material:
- Featurettes - 1. GIRLS ON THE BUS
- 2. BROKEN FLOWERS: START TO FINISH
- Trailer - Original Theatrical Trailer
Reviews
Murray is terrific as Don %u2013 there's a genuine sadness to his character and he makes you feel the pain of the emptiness he doesn't know how to express.
Moving, mirthful and minimalist, Broken Flowers is a bittersweet treat from indie great Jim Jarmusch.
Jarmusch catches life with nuance and charm ... it's like a delicate variation on About Schmidt.
Each encounter is a finely observed and beautifully performed vignette in its own right, but together they sketch out a past from which our grey Lothario has been irrevocably set adrift.
Womanizer cads may be front and center in movies. But surprisingly sometimes, so are the impressive accompanying ensemble righteous females who cut them nicely down to size, and the quirky and twisted Broken Flowers is no exception.
This is a film about insufficiency on so many levels, a film not of hipster indifference, but of a certain effete inability to react.
It's about questions, not easy answers, and its refusal to provide them might frustrate some viewers unaccustomed to Jarmusch's elliptical style.
A marvelous movie, with Bill Murray scoring again in the realm of drama.
Jim Jarmusch vuelve a sorprender con una película minimalista donde los pequeños detalles, varios personajes episódicos, y un casi imperturbable Bill Murray, nos conducen hacia una travesía extraña y sugestiva.
How absolutely fascinating and depressing it must be to have a past.
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