Jarmusch is a director whose style and sense of humor I just don’t connect with and have a hard time even appreciating. But even I could sit through this film just for the opportunity to take in the incredible cast. They are all uniformly terrific and each given a chance to shine. But looking past them, all I could see is the directors trade mark glacial pacing and his rather smug sense of humor.

I adore Tilda Swanson, and Jeffrey Wright. And hope they'll do something else together ❤️

in my opinion the worst film of all time

Very slow, most of it is just a waste of time. Not much is happening and nothing gets answered. The emotionless and minimalistic style doesn't work for me.

Actor/actress, story all perfect

Nice chemistry and dialogue

Very fine movie. Very nice to see their chemistry and journey.

It's a lot of work from the recording and music team. The film can be seen. Because it has a great sound.

Brilliant, head and shoulders above the crowd. Two faves working together, BM and JJ! My favourite type of comedy. Understated, addressed to a knowing rather than the fawning gawping gaping brigade that needs to be spoonfed a plot and any humour more than hinted at. Here's a more faithful portrayal of the human experience by taking concepts to their mere logical conclusion. Errant, not aberrant! Thanks to the whole crew and who helped make it possible!

Don Johnston (Bill Murray), a former Don Juan who made a small fortune in the computer industry, wants to live in quiet retirement. He is content to lounge around watching old movies and listening to classical or easy listening music. His current girlfriend, Sherry, is ending their relationship and moving out of his house when a letter in a pink envelope arrives. Later Don reads the letter; it purports to be from an unnamed former girlfriend, informing him that he has a son who is nearly nineteen years old, and who may be looking for him. Initially, Don does not intend to do anything about it, but his busybody neighbor Winston, who is a mystery novel enthusiast, urges Don to investigate. Winston researches the current locations of the five women most likely to have written the letter and gives Don the information along with maps and flight reservations, and persuades him to visit them... Rotten Tomatoes critical consensus reads: "Bill Murray's subtle and understated style complements director Jim Jarmusch's minimalist storytelling in this quirky, but deadpan comedy." According to Ken Tucker, "Broken Flowers relies on Bill Murray's persona, but it also turns that persona back on him. Instead of maintaining the satirical distance that made it easy to laugh at heartland eccentrics in, say, Alexander Payne's About Schmidt, Jarmusch's film avoids caricature, and Murray's poker face melts. Don feels a bittersweet regret at becoming exactly the sort of granite-faced wise guy Bill Murray has made his rep at enshrining. Murray is at a point in his career when his self-effacement has achieved high comic art, and he collaborates with Jarmusch at a point in his career when he's trying to be something more than hipster-serene. Both succeed, by committing to the notion that a yearning to be reborn within a hopeless, brittle soul is worthy of drama—as well as a deeper, gentler humor." Peter Bradshaw called it "Jarmusch's most enjoyable, accessible work for some time, perhaps his most emotionally generous film - like Cronenberg, he has made a bold venture into the mainstream with a movie that creates a gentle cloud of happiness. It is, it must be said, a lot more forgiving about aging men than Alexander Payne's road-movies About Schmidt or Sideways, but it is still a very attractive piece of film-making, bolstered by terrific performances from an all-star cast, spearheaded by endlessly droll, seductively sensitive Bill Murray." Jim Jarmusch slowpaced and parched deadpan sort of filmmaking is not for everyone and to be honest not my cup of tea. Never was, never will be despite the fact that I have seen several Jim Jarmusch films. Having the normally comic genius Bill Murray walk around like a zombie with a deadpan look on his face for an hour and a half with a storyline that ultimately leads nowhere is just a waste of time to me. There´s no highs and no lows in "Broken Flowers" just a feeling of flatline. Simply put, "Broken Flowers" is as boring as watching paint dry to me. Trivia: The film was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival and won the Grand Prix.

Over the past 15 years of so, the films of Jim Jarmusch have become increasingly hit or miss. This one was largely a miss, as was his later film, The Dead Don't Die (both of which starred Bill Murray.) On the other hand, Only Lovers Left Alive was brilliant.

Absolutely stunk. Clock watching for most of it - a slow death watching Bill Murray.

One of Bill Murray's greatest performances! The casting is perfect and actors/actresses are all convincing but the film "is" Murray's. Director Jarmush, unpredictable as usual in the treatment of this (multi)sentimental but not romantic story, does an excellent job. Murray's character believes in Love ? Try to understand that...!

Another dry dry Jarmusch comedy. Bill Murray is ageing lothario Don Johnston, recipient one day of an anonymous pink letter, purportedly from an old flame claiming he is the father of their now 19 year-old son, and this young man is trying to locate him. Urged on by his neighbour (Jeffrey Wright), Don reluctantly starts a journey into his past and sets out to meet each of his ex-lovers. The problem with the film is that it's too self-conscious to be involving (every scene ends with a slow fade), and has the wrong actor playing Don. Bill Murray lacks the interior energy the character needs and doesn't exploit the emotional side of things with enough colour. Great soundtrack though.

A deliberately slow moving film about a man (Murray) on a journey to find a son he may or may not have. There is no resolve in the ending. Murray's performance was charming and aloof. The dynamic between Winston and Don was entertaining enough to keep me plugging along, but at times the subjectification of women got to be a little creepy for me and the lack of a real ending was disappointing. Not one you would watch again.

Jim Jarmusch is known for films in which "nothing happens," a formula that worked magnificently in his masterpiece _Paterson_. Not so much here. Bill Murray is Don Johnston, an aging womanizer who receives an unsigned letter from a former lover telling him that he has a nineteen year old son. Johnston is not really interested, but Winston (Jeffrey Wright), a nosy, well meaning neighbor, is. He talks Johnston into making a list of his four lovers from 19 years ago, and Johnston takes a road trip to visit them and find out which one is the mother----and also to possibly meet his son, if there really is one. The encounters with the four woman (played by Sharon Stone, Julie Delpy, Tilda Sinton, and Jessica Lange) are weird and sometimes uncomfortable (the second one is married). Johnston doesn't come right out and reveal why he has appeared in the women's lives after all these years. He's just looking for clues (a typewriter using red ink, pink stationery). This does not make a lot of sense. Why would he not just come right out and ask? Why, also, does he drop in on them unexpectedly rather than calling first? I guess it's done this way for dramatic effect, but for me, it just seemed rather senseless. Murray has made a cinematic career out of doing deadpan. He's good at it. I suppose he is a good choice for the lead character here. But I found his performance a bit tedious. Maybe he's done deadpan so many times that he's exhausted the possibilities. I appreciate Jarmusch's style. I've watched _Paterson_ twice, and it was even better the second time. But that film was about the poetry in little everyday things. _Broken Flowers_ is about a depressed, solipsistic man who's spent his life avoiding commitment. It's not the most compelling subject matter. The movie gets better toward the end. The encounter with the fourth woman is pretty funny. And there are other some good comedic moments along the way. The ending is exactly what you would expect from Jarmusch. I liked it. But the journey getting there was somewhat tiresome.

I'm not sure where the film is headed.I realized that the curiosity to know the hypothetical child has turned into the desire to have one. But the film is very slow and does not offer many emotions, either through the script or through various technicalities. I don't recommend it.

An aging Don Juan decides to contact past romantic conquests, showing up on their doorsteps unannounced and unsolicited. The movie has a creepy premise and the next hour and forty minutes is an exercise in vague, ambiguous tedium punctuated by uncomfortable confrontations. There is nothing deep and meaningful about this movie; it should be taken at face value. The production quality is poor, but most of the acting is ok. If you skip this movie you will not have missed anything.

I'm not sure the movie's title has to do with any part of film, but 'Awkward Silence' might have been more appropriate. There's simply not much to recommend this movie despite the stellar cast who give understated performances with not a whole lot to say since the premise is all about secrecy. I wouldn't think Bill Murray could be less emotive than in 'Lost in Translation', but somehow he managed it. This isn't a knock on Murray, but more on the screenplay and directing. This isn't a spoiler since there's nothing to spoiler. My guess is #2. You'll know what I mean when you watch the movie.

Just as solid and creative as "Lost in Translation", in terms of Bill Murray delivering a wonderful dramatic performance.