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- Drama
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Broken Flowers, 2005
English
USA, France
Profile of Broken Flowers
Broken Flowers can be described as bittersweet, contemplative, and sentimental. The plot revolves around an obsessive quest, self discovery, and human nature. The main genre is drama. In terms of style, Broken Flowers has a road movie structure. In approach, it is serious and realistic. The storytelling is slow paced. Broken Flowers takes place in contemporary times. The movie has received attention for being an award winner and critically acclaimed. Note that it involves nudity and profanity.
Summary of Broken Flowers
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.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA, France |
| Release date: | 15 June 2005 |
| Runtime: | 106 min |
Cast and Crew
as Don Johnston
as Winston
as Laura
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Critics Reviews
The Onion (A.V. Club)
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- by: Nathan Rabin
The New York Times
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- by: Dana Stevens
Users Reviews
- 05.March.2011
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- by: onearmfrog
- onearmfrog rated this movie
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