Review of Somewhere (2010) by Daniel P — 18 Sep 2013
This was so good that I'll give Marie Antoinette another chance... it's a film that's refreshing in that, aside from one ham-fisted apology late in the story, it doesn't spell out the circumstances or dumb down the drama; like in The Virgin Suicides or Lost in Translation, you just watch it unfold and let the silences speak.
It's hard not to read a personal narrative into - Sofia Coppola's father is of course also Hollywood royalty - but more simplisitically, it's a simple story about the gap between two people, one of them - the adult - a very detached human being, a sort of passenger in his own life.
In all, it's very engaging film-making from a director who keeps getting better. Also: Steven Dorff = Stiffler in a serious role... and it works.
This review of Somewhere (2010) was written by Daniel P on 18 Sep 2013.
Somewhere has generally received mixed reviews.
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