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You Were Never Really Here is a 2017 neo-noir crime psychological thriller film written and directed by Lynne Ramsay. Based on the 2013 novella of the same name by Jonathan Ames, it stars Joaquin Phoenix, Ekaterina Samsonov, Alex Manette, John Doman, and Judith Roberts. In the film, a traumatized mercenary named Joe (Phoenix) is hired by a politician to find and rescue his daughter who has been kidnapped by a human…
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There are numerous ways to establish that someone enjoys the status of a critics’ darling, but few are as spectacular as when one’s film is greeted with a standing ovation at the most prestigious festival despite the “minor” detail that the film isn’t even finished. Lynne Ramsay, the Scottish director whose filmography is modest in number but who nonetheless enjoys exceptional acclaim, achieved precisely this at the…More
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Get away from the demons. Today's review will be somewhat difficult, not only because of the content of the movie, but also because of the depressed main character. You Were Never Really Here is a small niche masterpiece of a depressed man. The movie shows two timelines. The main one where the protagonist (no real name) is a seeker for missing children. He gets a contract and must find a girl who has ended up in a b…More
It is a spiral of violence, to live with the traumas of childhood and war. The film is very raw and does not tell much about the protagonist's life, only some flashbacks of a difficult childhood that indelibly marked him, aggravated by an experience in war that made him even more cold and cruel. But his ferocity is not unleashed on random targets but on those who kidnap children, in order to enslave or prostitute th…More
Sometimes the trailers deceive, other times they flood, other times they tell too much, other times too little. The trailer for "You were never really here" is halfway through. It doesn't say much but it says enough to make us understand that it will be a strange and violent film with an actor like Joaquin Phoenix ready to devour every scene. It will be like that but something else will happen too, something that wi…More
A volte i trailer ingannano, altre volte ingolosiscono, altre volte raccontano troppo, altre volte troppo poco. La visione del trailer di "You were never really here" si colloca a metà strada. Non dice molto ma dice abbastanza da farci capire che sarà un film strano e violento con un attore come Joaquin Phoenix pronto a divorare ogni scena. Sarà cosi ma succederà anche qualcos'altro, qualcosa che lascerà l'amaro in…More
You will most likely never see this amazing film. For a simple reason: an incomplete version of it was brought to Cannes. When the picture is finished and gets to hire, it will become completely different. Alternatively, not really, who knows. For example, "You Were Never Really Here" should last, according to the festival catalog, a little more than an hour and a half, but on the eightieth minute the film suddenly…More
Joaquin Phoenix has been one of my favorite actors since starring in Gladiator all those years ago. He doesn't do very many films and I was surprised to see him in this one. This movie was not a blockbuster and was never meant to be one. It did, however, catch the eye of many people at various festivals around the world and won a bunch of awards. Joe (Phoenix) is a retired military vet who takes jobs as a hired kill…More
Why the fuck should you watch “You Were Never Really Here”? • Joaquin Phoenix is in his element as the animalistic, raw, and deeply traumatized hitman Joe. • Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood’s score makes you feel uneasy and disrupted, and a little bit amazed. The marvelous “Phantom Tread” and now this — Greenwood is on fire! • The sound design depicts NY and Joe’s life truly claustrophobic, harshly threatening. • It’s j…More
Դուք երբեք չեք եղել այստեղ հեղինակային գոյաբանական մեկնաբանության էջանոց Նյու Յորք լրագրող, իրավունքի առաջացման, որին հաջորդում է Չարլզ Բուկովսկու, հիմնական հերոսների իրենց աշխատանքների առանձին հատվածներում ինքնապաշտպանության. Հետեւաբար, վեպի, իսկ ֆիլմում թաքնված խորը ենթագիտակցական ֆիզիկապես վերապրած մանկությունը մի պլաստիկ տոպրակի մեջ իր գլխին, բայց հոգեբանորեն երբեք հաղթահարեց իր վնասվածքներ, դեռեւս տառապում է ծա…More
If you happen to see a poster featuring Joaquin Phoenix carrying a hammer with a frightened expression then think that this is a brutal action-thriller film like Oldboy, then you will be a bit of a nuisance. The palm will still be used, and indeed to beat people, but You Were Never Really Here is not a matter of action. This is an action-thriller film that is not interested in the action but rather the psychological…More
Written and directed by Lynne Ramsay, You Were Never Really Here is a visual masterpiece that promotes visual storytelling over the traditional narrative structure through continuous dialogue and exposition. Joe, a combat veteran, is plagued by continuous PTSD after the events he had formerly witnessed; having had the horrific world of sex trafficking placed before his eyes, Joe seeks out his next employment as a hi…More