SOMEWHERE (2010) ** Stephen Dorff, Elle Fanning, Chris Pontious, Lala Sloatman, Ellie Kemper, Michelle Monaghan (cameo: Benicio Del Toro) Sofia Coppola's almost decidedly existential look at celebrity showcases Johnny Marco (Dorff, the poor man's Kiefer Sutherland), a popular film star whose life is in transit most of the time until he is saddled with his lovely adolescent daughter (Fanning, Dakota's little sis) who proves to be the sole meaning for his life (and soul meaning) in this meandering, listless narrative that gets old fast where nothing seems to be happening and yet everything is (get it?) While I applaud the talented filmmaker for sticking to what she knows she needs to get out of her comfort zone of just that and try something I don't know, more meaningful? Frustratingly good but not great filmmaking on display.
Review of Somewhere
