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Johnny Marco (Stephen Dorff) spends time with daughter Cleo (Elle Fanning) in “Somewhere,” but don’t expect a transcendent emotional moment between the two. |
Sofia Coppola’s low-wattage character study “Somewhere” begins with a black Ferrari roaring around on a circular track.
Around.
Around.
Around.
Around, until it comes to a stop. A man slowly steps out and seems to be confused that he’s back where he started.
He’s going no place fast.
He’s stuck in circles.
He can’t move forward.
Metaphor alert! We get it.
The driver is Johnny Marco, a Hollywood movie star played with five-o’clock-shadowed lethargy by Stephen Dorff.
He resides at the Beverly Hills Chateau Marmont where he recovers from a broken arm (suffered during a drunken fall) with aid from painkillers, alcohol and two athletic, blonde pole dancers who entertain him in his room.
Marco has been around long enough to establish himself as an international star, but darn if this boring lifestyle just sucks the willingness to live out of him.
Everyday he forces himself to deal with publicists. (Read more…)