Broken Flowers

Year: 2006

Grade: B-

Country: USA

Director: Jarmusch

Review

jarmusch isn’t a director for the masses. he has a slow, off beat style that most people aren’t all that entertained by. i like his stuff because it’s different and always has good music. here he features mulatu astatke’s ethiopian folk as well as some rock by the greenhornes. both are, like jarmusch, good but mostly unknown. bill murray does the new bill murray schtick. i’m not sure if that is a good thing or not. he’s good at it, no one else does it like he does, but it is getting kinda old. it seems like he’s been getting a lot of good reviews for his performances since his rebirth in rushmore, but i don’t know how merited that praise really is. he was great in rushmore and the role was perfect for him and well-written. whatever, this is a losing battle. good movie, jarmusch is worth watching even though bill murray does the same thing all the time now.