A short review
After having watched Sofia Coppola’s Somewhere, I can understand why there were so much disquiet about being awarded the Golden Lion at the 67th Venice International Film by a jury headed by Quentin Tarantino. I do not think that it is a bad film, but a prize winner is not.
I do understand, in a way, what Sofia Coppola was trying to do. I also can see the influences on the movie, particularly those of Michenangelo Antonioni’s 70s films, as it has been claimed by several commentators. However, the results on the hands of Sofia Coppola has resulted in a work which is, frankly, bland and anaemic. I nearly walked out of the cinema half way through it. The only scene which I found of having any vital force behind it was the last one, when the protagonist, actor Johnny Marco (Stephen Dorff), walks away from his black sports car in a desolate desert road after having delivered his daughter Cleo (Elle Fanning) to summer camp.
Stephen Dorff did the best he could with the character, while Elle Fanning was just there as his daughter Cleo.
For trailer and more information on Somewhere please click here.
For photographs of Elle Fanning please click here.
For photographs of Elle Fanning please click here.
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