In Videos: 'Ramen Girl' Looks Like 'Tampopo' Meets 'Lost in Translation'
Brittany Murphy has cultural clashes and goofy misunderstandings with the Japanese while under the tough-love tutelage of an asshole-with-a-heart-of-gold ramen master in her quest to become The Ramen Girl. Yup. I think it's safe to say that if you've seen Tampopo and Lost in Translation, you can pretty much make a mashup of this movie in your head and save the cost of admission. The trailer and the synopsis, after the jump—if you're curious.
Trailer Video: Brittany Murphy in 'The Ramen Girl'
From media8entertainment:
Abruptly abandoned by her boyfriend, a young American woman (Murphy) finds herself suddenly alone and adrift in Tokyo. Lost in the shuffle of a foreign culture, and seeking to console herself, Abby winds up hanging out in her neighborhood ramen shop. After observing the magical effects of the shop's ramen on the customers, Abby convinces herself that her true path in life is to become a ramen chef. Abby persuades the shop's tyrannical, temperamental Japanese master chef to teach her the art of making ramen. And although their relationship is contentious and rocky, they both discover the most important ingredient of all - that each ramen bowl must contain a universe of feeling and truly be a gift from the heart.
[via @noodlr]
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5 Comments:
I would normally say something mean and snarky about a movie like this, but I find Brittany Murphy too cute for words.
bionicgrrrl at 1:22AM on 01/06/09
Yes Brittany Murphy is cute. But this movie actually looks like one of those fake trailers - like in "The Holiday" how Cameron Diaz's character made those trailers, it looks like something she made!
sweetdiesel at 1:54AM on 01/06/09
Wow, your headline is literally -exactly what I said- when I saw this trailer a few weeks ago.
Michele Humes at 7:35AM on 01/06/09
@Michele: Weird. I first saw this b/c of yr Noodlr tweet about it. Thanks! I thought it was fake, too. Strange that the trailer has been on YouTube since March 2008 but this seems to only be getting play recently. I figured this was already old news, but it looks like this has remained hidden somehow.
Adam Kuban at 8:50AM on 01/06/09
mmmm.. i want some ramen noodles now that britney is eating it.. .geeez
MrChow at 3:43PM on 01/06/09