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Sofia Coppola’s “Somewhere”: The most divisive movie of 2010?
December 1st, 2010 by gothamfilm received Comments OffCoppola is back on terra firma with this intimate, often lyrical tale of father-daughter evolving bond, splendidly played by Dorff and Fanning and seductively shot by ace lenser Harris Savides. (Emanuel Levy)
The most inconsequential movie of 2010. (Rachel Jacobs)
Not that it’s anything new for a Sofia Coppola film to be divisive, but “Somewhere”, even before its release, seems to be bringing the debate back in full force. A few months ago it won the coveted Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival, but it’s also been pissing a lot of critics off. Some people have found themselves watching a beautiful, poetic and insightful indictment of L.A. celebrity lifestyle, while others see lots of slow, boring, directionless scenes of a movie star bringing his daughter around to swanky places. Which is to say, how you feel about “Somewhere” is probably going to have a lot to do with how you feel about “Lost in Translation.”
More choice quotes from critics below the jump. “Somewhere” opens in NYC on the 22nd.
Bless Coppola for keeping her camera still, but she goes to the other extreme, of European minimalism. Like Johnny, the movie is an object in stasis. (Time Magazine)
Mercifully careful to avoid cliché, balancing the inate ‘in-ness’ of the whole thing with disarming honesty and delicate restraint. (Ultra Culture)
Goes nowhere very, very slowly. Nothing happens. Most dramatic moment? Dorff’s character gets stuck in traffic. (FilmsInReview)
