Sofia Coppola's ravishing Lost in Translation. Charlotte…played, with heart-melting moodiness, by Scarlett Johansson. Mr. Murray's subtle, aching, witty performance in Lost in Translation, which opened on Friday, is certainly a revelation – and murmurs about an Oscar nomination have already begun. But it is hardly the first in his long and varied career. Wow, you think, this guy is an amazing actor, but such expressions of amazement have been bubbling up, with increasing frequency, for 20 years.
A.O. SCOTT