You Were Never Really Here

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Peggy W Loved the movie. Hated the music. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 06/13/24 Full Review matthew p There's so much to appreciate about this film. Well written. Well shot. Great acting. Great directing. Can we have a few more films like this please? Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 06/03/24 Full Review Ian S For me a perfect combination of sound and vision. Have watched again and again, never get bored. Brilliant. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 05/30/24 Full Review The Great John A You Were Never Really Here was a 2018 thriller directed by Lynne Ramsey (We Need To Talk About Kevin) and starring Joaquin Phoenix as a contract killer who goes on a mission to find a missing girl, but slowly loses his sanity in doing so. I thought the film was not necessarily about the girl, but a character study of a man succumbing to his manipulative consciousness that he inherited when he was a boy. Then as the film progresses in it's short 90 min time, he gradually becomes even more unstable to the point of collapse towards the end. Very well acted, decent intensity build-up and a plot that, while familiar, brings a bit more about the actual character development rather than other brilliant films like it which makes it different. Overall, while not for everyone, You Were Never Really Here makes do of what it has with it's disturbing, but tense viewing with believable acting that differentiates itself from others. Grade: A+ Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 04/26/24 Full Review Divinity E I just finished watching “You were never really there” in Virtual Reality Bigscreen. My friend with the username 2Fat2Furious hosted the movie. My username is Divinity1111. We have the Meta Quest3 headsets. It’s 19th April 2024. I really enjoyed the movie and gave it a 7 out of 10. 2fat2furious gave it a 4/10. The lead actor Joaquin played the role superbly. I liked the imagery, angles and way the scenes were presented. I was entertained the whole way through. I never once lost interest in it. If you liked “The Joker” you should like this too. Both focus on mental illness. I would be willing to watch it again. There were a number of other patrons in our VR Bigscreen movie room watching this with us. Many of them stayed until the end of the movie. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 04/19/24 Full Review Audience Member Joaquin Phoenix makes an incredible comeback after being out of the spotlight for so long Think of it like a modern version of 'Taxi Driver' Director Lynne Ramsay helms a vigilante story about two abused and tortured souls A man named Joe has lead a traumatized life Being a mercenary he's hired by a politician to save his daughter from sex traffickers kidnapping underage girls Joe is allowed to use any means necessary to bring these victims home He's also looking after his elderly mother Flashbacks reveal his brutal childhood taking abuse from his father and while he worked for the FBI and the military But later Joe discovers the corruption hidden behind the people running everything This is the story of a man feeling all used up and reaches his breaking point to give up Yet maybe he can actually save someone as well as himself This is extremely violent but stylish Phoenix gives a surefire performance that lands him back on top perfectly blending physical and psychological pain Even a lost soul can be found again, blood dries and bruises fade but the emotional toll will always remain, the violence of the human condition can hurt way more, do we go on or just end things immediately? This truly feels like a throwback to crime noir movies of the 1970s with a deeper underlying of purpose and the process of healing Phoenix is spectacular here thanks to Ramsay's carefully crafted directing Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 04/06/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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