I remember reading a lot of positive reviews about this film when it first came out, so when I happened upon it on a Saturday night with little to do, I excitedly settled in for the night to watch it. Starring Stephen Dorff and Elle Fanning, this film follows actor Johnny Marco, a hard-living party guy who's recuperating from a hurt arm at the Chateau Marmont. When his daughter is dropped off with little notice, he starts to question his current life situation.
Overall, this is a lovely film due to the fantastic father-daughter dynamic between Dorff and Fanning. I only wish Marco's daughter could have come into the picture sooner, as the beginning drags. Did we really need to see the "pole dancing girls" perform their entire routine? Or a single minute of it-more than once? Anyway...Despite the long opening and those dancing girls, it truly helps shape Dorff's character and made the setting and his life that much more realistic. It was almost as if the viewer is peaking in on Marco and his private life.
One of the most interesting scenes for me, was when Marco goes in to get a cast of his face for a new film he's working on. When everyone leaves him to sit while the cast dries, it truly evokes a sense of symbolism of how lonely Marco is and how much he needs to find purpose in his life-as the film goes on and Marco opens his eyes to his daughter for perhaps the first time in his life, he sees that maybe his purpose was in front of him all along.
This film is touching, honest and real. I would definitely recommend others to check it out!
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