‘Somewhere’ is here on DVD

“Somewhere” is a movie that poses the question: Where is somewhere? For hard-living Johnny Marco, somewhere is anywhere, but it’s never a sense of home.

In Sofia Coppola’s latest story, Marco (Stephen Dorff) is the bad-boy actor who actually has to take care of his daughter Cleo (Elle Fanning) for more than a day. He takes her to Italy, where they stay in a hotel made for duchesses and eat gelato. He drags her to casinos for luck, all while promoting his latest action film.

Marco is not an altogether bad dad, or even a particularly bad person. He’s just not “there” except when his daughter is. 

Coppola’s eye for detail in this subtly conveyed portrait of a lost man fully takes form in “Somewhere.” The two-minute shots enhance the more significant moments of the film, like when Marco — showing the character’s fullest capacity for emotion — is crying to his ex-wife after parting with Cleo.

“Somewhere,” cinematographically pleasing and seemingly portrayed with minimal effort, is another Coppola success.