‘Somewhere’ is about the inbetween moments of being a celebrity.  Not the ‘tender’ moments, more like the downtime, falling asleep watching strippers in your room (which is the second scene).  It’s interesting from afar, but I can’t say that it’s a compelling view, as told by the opening shot: Perhaps 2 minutes of a car speeding around a test track.  No music, no other sound effects.  Then, a tired Stephen Dorff gets out and looks around, his expression one of – “Well, we’ve done that.  What’s next?”  This is the entire film.  Kudos to Coppola for not making this off-putting or lesson-laden – it’s neither rubbing our face in the coolness of movie life or telling us “woe is me for being bored with money,” it’s just sort of showing it for what it is.

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