She's actually a fine director, having learned plenty from Papa Francis. I still can't believe I watched Virgin Suicides, but even more incredible is that is was really good. Lost in Translation was OK, but not nearly worth the hoopla. That wasn't an "understated performance" from Bill Murray -- he sleepwalks through everything now. I hope he's OK.
I really looked forward to Lost In Translation, as I'm a major Bill Murray fan.
Perhaps my expectations were too high. Very disappointed.
I think the problem with Lost in Translation is that it was basically a movie about two people bored out of their minds. Hard to make an interesting movie about so bored that meeting another bored person who speaks English becomes interesting. It was well directed though, but at the end you're stuck realizing that absolutely nothing interesting happened.