Review of Somewhere (2010) by Anastasia B — 14 May 2011
"Somewhere"? This film should be called "nowhere" instead. Cause this is where it's going. But surprisingly enough, the film delivers, even if it's done elliptically.
Sofia Coppola takes all the hype out of Hollywood, and with her choice of dull colors, sucks the life out of it. What remains is the meaningless daily routine in an actor's life, the details of which we never learn.
But we know. We know by the bruise on his face that he's been in a fight. We know that he's wearing a cast (the excuse for which is "I am doing my own stunts now") that means he is in trouble. We know that he's empty and that he tries to fill the void watching twin dancers do the pole roundabout. And we know that his life becomes bearable when his daughter appears.
In the end, he will confess the emptiness. That's where he's gonna take his car and get out on the highway, driving away, in an attempt to feel free. And when he gets out, and leaves the Ferrari, his status symbol behind, we just know now that he's on the right track.
"Somewhere" feels like Coppola's attempt to existentialism is for kids. Whatever. She still manages to pull the right amount of silence out of ordinary life, enough so that it begins to feel like music.
This review of Somewhere (2010) was written by Anastasia B on 14 May 2011.
Somewhere has generally received mixed reviews.
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