Actuakers One of my all time favorites.

Teringer An Exercise In Nonsense

Griff Lees Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

Ella-May O'Brien Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

betty dalton For those who want a straight, fast comedy this movie might be very boring, certainly if you are not into Bill Murray. Different folks, different strokes. I love this work though, but I must admit that many other recent movies by Jim Jarmusch have disappointed me because of the slow pace. Sometimes it works to slow everything down, sometimes it doesnt. But I have seen Broken Flowers over 10 times by now and it is one of those movies that keeps on getting better the more often I see it. I really think this is one of his best works in his entire carreer. If you do love this movie also check out "Down by Law". That is without doubt his ultimate masterpiece...Dedicated to Jean Eustache. Right at the very beginning of the movie this name is mentioned. That's special, can't remember many directors doing that. Who is he? It is a rather legendary director, who killed himself when he was very young, but left behind the french classic called "La Maman et la Putain". That french classic is about a womanizer, a cassanova who has many girlfriends simultaneously. That is a splendid link to the story of Broken Flowers, in which Bill Murray's girlfriend leaves him. After this break up he receives a mysterious pink letter from an anonymous girlfriend from decades ago, who claims he has got a son. Without knowing which of the many girlfriends in the past might have given him a son, Bill Murray goes on a journey past his old girlfriends to look for clues who might be the girl he made pregnant without knowing it.I think Broken Flowers is one of Jim Jarmusch' best work. Largely thanks to the wonderfully hilarious and dopey acting by Bill Murray, who with just a frown of an eyelid can express more comical emotions then any other comedy actor. The man is the perfect choice for the slow burning movies from director Jim Jarmusch. Bill Murray really is the centre of all the visual jokes. His deadpan serious, but dopey look is hilarious at times. Jim Jarmusch couldnt have made a better casting choice then Bill Murray. Jarmusch' talent lies in the portrayal of the subtleties of acting performances and in the natural slow flow of scenes. Really calm and soothing photography and editing, supported by a gorgeous ethiopian soundtrack from Mulatu Astatke. And let's certainly not forget the fantastic supporting cast: Tilda Swinton, Sharon Stone, Jessica Lange, Chloe Sevigny and Julie Delpy. This is really an actors movie in which the splendid portrayal of the characters bring to life this mysterious story of the unknown son.Broken Flowers has got a mystery feel to it. Come to think of it, most of Jim Jarmusch' pictures have a kind of mystery feel to them. Difficult to explain what that exactly entails, but I love for example the plain fact that not everything is explained about the story. The ending of this movie is left totally open for your own interpretation. I think it is brilliant. For the movie geeks: check out who the character in the blue volkswagen is on Imdb Trivia. Great surprise, but very fitting to the story. You will understand if you check out the Trivia fact, under spoilers...Endnote: the end credits give "quantum respect" to Bart Walker. He has been the producer on one of Jarmusch' other pictures, but this Bart Walker fellow is without a doubt one of the highest special thanks credited men in movie history. He has got many special thanks credits on Imdb: a whopping 31 special thanks credits over decades of movie history! And from very excellent different directors! A mystery muse for many directors and a very big influence on Jim Jarmusch, who gives this guy "quantum respect" in many of his pictures.

randy filkirk Bill Murray. Bill Murray. Once you understand that part you'll go into this one hour and forty five minute sleepover film prepared. Do not expect anything meaningful, instead, expect a pick up and put down book with audio type film. I recently have been discovering jazz, and what took me to this film was Mulatu Astatki and his style of jazz. Upon hearing it in a film i realised, "someone else knows this music", and felt not alone anymore. The high point of the film is many things, but nothing. As age creeps up on you, don't you too sit there, not moving, staring into nothingness, expressionless?, i do, maybe i can also feel, "Not Alone" on that one. There were many directions this film could have taken, none of them happened, and yet i came away from this film thinking, "am i better person for having watched this"?. Well, "am i"?. To be honest, i really cannot answer that one,, no matter how long i sit motionless pondering, maybe we should all sit motionless pondering whilst this film is playing and wonder to ourselves.Do go away and think about it, maybe come back and let me know how you get on. I can neither recommend or trash this film, instead i'll just say one thing....oh wait, now it'll come to me if i sit here long enough, won't it?As an aside, is it only me who can see any resemblance of Winston to Astatki?,

Karl Self I just rewatched Down By Law and Stranger Than Paradise, which are simply awesome movies. Fast forward twenty years on, and Jim Jarmusch came up with Broken Flowers, which feels like it was directed by the artistically-inclined nephew of the owner of the movie studio. Jarmusch, bless him, apparently wanted to do another "Lost In Translation"-type flick with Bill Murray. In "Lost In Translation", the unlikely pair of average shmoe Murray and American sweetheart Scarlett Johansson are stranded in a faceless hotel and gradually form an emotional bond. In Broken Flowers, average shmoe Murray revisits his girlfriends from 20 years ago, and their sultry daughters and receptionists, all of which turn out to be foxes. Quite a challenge to make us believe that twenty years ago, Murray set their little hearts on fire, stayed with them for a few short months, sodded off and moved on to the next girlfriend, dropped off the horizon, and now they're like "oh, you're back, how nice, do come in". How is this amazing feat mastered? Brilliantly, by Murray not getting a word out. It's a bit like "act like you don't care, this will make the girl try anything to get your attention". And he's giving each of them a bouquet of pink flowers. Oh man, this is bad.Jarmusch apparently wanted to do a movie with Murray, didn't have a script, and this was exacerbated by the fact he had the most beautiful actresses in the world at his beck and call.And typically for the wicked ways of the movie industry, this cinematic trainwreck garnered a Palme d'Or at Cannes. Kudos, they managed to give it to Jarmusch for the one terrible movie he made.

jmichaelclay I haven't yet been able to pin down the exact location of all of the ex- girlfriends, but there are two clues that lead me to believe that the real estate agent (second visit) sent the letter. In the very beginning of the movie, the camera follows the route of the letter through the post office sorting machine, and briefly stops at a point where you can see other letters in the sorting box which come from and are addressed to people in New Jersey )you'll have to use the pause button and examine the frame carefully to see this). The real estate agent in the second visit, according to her pink business card, works in Richmond Lake, New Jersey. Has anyone determined whether any of the other ex-girlfriends also live in New Jersey?