Lost Girls & Love Hotels

Name: Lost Girls & Love Hotels
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Released: September 18, 2020
Duration: 97 min
Rating: 57
Cast: Alexandra Daddario, Anastasia Nasu, Andrew Rothney, Asuka Kurosawa, Carice van Houten

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Astrakan Films | Release Date (Streaming): September 18, 2020 | R

Starring: Alexandra Daddario, Anastasia Nasu, Andrew Rothney, Asuka Kurosawa, Carice van Houten, Dasha Teranishi, Elisabeth Larena, Eri Ishida, Haruka Imô, Kate Easton, Mariko Tsutsui, Misuzu Kanno, Niclas Ericsson, Peter Mark Kendall, Takehiro Hira, Yasunari Takeshima, Yu Mizuhara

Summary: Margaret (Alexandra Daddario) finds herself in the glittering labyrinth of Tokyo by night and as a respected english teacher of a Japanese flight attendant academy by day. With little life direction, Margaret searches for meaning with fellow ex-pats (Carice Van Houten) in a Japanese dive bar, drinking to remember to forget and losingMargaret (Alexandra Daddario) finds herself in the glittering labyrinth of Tokyo by night and as a respected english teacher of a Japanese flight attendant academy by day. With little life direction, Margaret searches for meaning with fellow ex-pats (Carice Van Houten) in a Japanese dive bar, drinking to remember to forget and losing herself in love hotel encounters with men who satisfy a fleeting craving. When Margaret crosses paths with a dashing Yakuza, Kazu (Takehiro Hira), she falls in love with him despite the danger and tradition that hinders their chances of being together. We follow Margaret through the dark and light of love and what it means to find oneself abroad with a youthful abandon. Helmed by award winning director William Olsson (Reliance), and written by Catherine Hanrahan, Adapted from her acclaimed novel; Lost Girls and Love Hotels.… Expand

Director: William Olsson

Genre(s): Drama, Thriller

Rating: R

Runtime: 97 min

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Richard Roeper

Sep 23, 2020

This is one of the better intimate dramas of the year. Read full review

John DeFore

Sep 16, 2020

It's a high point for everyone involved. Read full review

The Playlist Charles Barfield

Sep 18, 2020

If not for the performance of Daddario, Lost Girls & Love Hotels could have been a disaster. Read full review

James Berardinelli

Sep 16, 2020

Other films have told similar stories with greater power. Director William Olsson appears unwilling to fully commit to the darkness that a movie of this sort would need to embrace to be both ephemerally disturbing (which it is) and memorable (which it isn’t). Read full review

The Guardian Peter Bradshaw

Feb 4, 2021

The film isn’t perfect, and there is a touch of orientalism about the obsessive-affair-with-Japanese-man trope (which surfaced also in Wash Westmoreland’s The Earthquake Bird in 2019). But there is also something well controlled in the movie as it maintains its cool, even pace and Alexandra Daddario’s performance as the vulnerable, secretive yet emotionally open Margaret is smart. Read full review

Dennis Harvey

Sep 16, 2020

William Olsson’s film works as an atmospheric mood piece and sometime erotic drama. It’s less successful as a character study. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Peter Sobczynski

Sep 18, 2020

Lost Girls and Love Hotels is too vapid to work as a psychological drama, too silly to work as a passionate romance, and too tepid to work as a sexy guilty pleasure. Read full review

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perli

Feb 5, 2021

An existentialist erotic thriller with a romantic whiff, but eroticism is purely narrartive and atmospheric with no open sexual scenes, meaning that sexual encounters that are boldly initated by the female heroine, are mostly indicated by the story and cut off or used for dialogue (yes,An existentialist erotic thriller with a romantic whiff, but eroticism is purely narrartive and atmospheric with no open sexual scenes, meaning that sexual encounters that are boldly initated by the female heroine, are mostly indicated by the story and cut off or used for dialogue (yes, there are scenes with naked bodies and lovemaking, but very discreet with very little naked skin). And in the story, there is no real threat to the lead and no dynamic action in a sense of thriller genre, except for the existential angst of the "lost" heroine (lost girls from the title) and for the fact that at the end we realize that her lover is a yakuza, because we notice that his little finger was freshly cut. So people who expect hot action movie with dazzling female lead will be disappointed. And there is a bare minimum of a story, indicating a kind of existential emptiness of the alienated life of a disconnected foreigner in Tokyo's urban sprawl. But it's never-the-less a fine little movie with interesting acting by Alexandra Daddario who develops a kind of expressive charismatic presence in the movie without much talking that unexpectedly shows real acting talent. It seems that the movie was inspired by the films like In the mood for love and Lost in translation, although storywise far less articulated.… Expand

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JLuis_001

Sep 27, 2020

Fifty Shades of Tokyo.

The movie itself isn't nearly as terrible as the one I mentioned, but being atmospheric in eroticism doesn't make you interesting either. And is that when your story is about escaping your own demons through casual sex. You need a good narrative so that you can feelFifty Shades of Tokyo.

The movie itself isn't nearly as terrible as the one I mentioned, but being atmospheric in eroticism doesn't make you interesting either.

And is that when your story is about escaping your own demons through casual sex. You need a good narrative so that you can feel some kind of sympathy for the main character. Otherwise is just a shallow character jumping from bed to bed.

And sorely this movie fails because it feels hollow most of the time and also because the main actress; Alexandra Daddario, is unable to make it feel credible.… Expand

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Q8MarrongGlace

Sep 18, 2020

This is one of the worst Alexandra Daddario's movies Its so bad that you might skip or skim just to see what's next I am sure most viewer watch it just because Alex in it but what a waste I really can't believe how some actress's are accepting roles to get naked for some extra bucks withoutThis is one of the worst Alexandra Daddario's movies Its so bad that you might skip or skim just to see what's next I am sure most viewer watch it just because Alex in it but what a waste I really can't believe how some actress's are accepting roles to get naked for some extra bucks without considering how that movie would reflect on their own resumé I feel sorry for her and her bad choice… Expand

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bfoore90

Feb 22, 2021

Daddario is either really bad at picking projects or she needs a new agent. Either way, this film wasn't much to write home about.

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