In this film, expect five percent dialogue, two complete choreographed pole-dancing, one whole figure skating performance, then the rest are extremely long shots of silence and nothingness.
This Sofia Coppola film is supposedly about "a hard-living Hollywood actor" played by Stephen Dorff, who "re-examines his life after his 11-year-old daughter (Elle Fanning) surprises him with a visit." But in this film, instead of successfully getting across the substance of the story, or capturing the emotions or the mood of the characters, Coppola simply took uber long shots of material that were insanely unnecessary.
And Dorff, who's supposed to be an A-list Hollywood actor here, didn't feel like one; he simply looked like a scruffy guy walking around with an arm cast, tagging her daughter along to places, their bonding totally unfelt.
Coppola finished two complete choreographs of pole-dancing in this movie, and I wonder why a few seconds of that wouldn't give us an idea of Dorff's lifestyle?! Then we watch his daughter's complete figure skating performance, watch both of them play Guitar Hero and Wii for a looong time. Worse, most of the scenes were shot with one angle, as if she left her webcam on. These are just among many scenes where the camera was simply focused on one subject, unmoving, quiet, and ridiculously long, that the meaning is lost, making the entire film a one insignificant waste of time.
Somewhere is empty and totally leads to nowhere.
0.5 out of 5 stars
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