You Were Never Really Here

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Kelly H @Huntressss 6 days ago I wish I could give this movie no stars. The movie skips over everything you want to see while showing you everything that you don't. There's not enough dialogue in the film to actually get connected to any of the characters, and while I understand the imagery is to make us try to understand that Joe is dealing with trauma, the whole thing felt like a bad acid trip. I'm lamenting that I paid $5 to watch this ad-free on Prime, but moreso upset that I'll never get that hour and a half back to watch a better movie. See more

mark G @Mark_Alan_G. Oct 2, 2026 Slow burn and psychologically complex story that isn't a Jason Statham movie. This movie deals with trauma and it's consequences. Someone reviewing this said the movie focuses on gratuitous islands, that's not true at all. There is gratuitous violence but the focus is not on the violence it's on the psychological damage and causes. This is not a fun movie, but it is a strong film and Phoenix is exceptional. See more

Morgan H @RT73190968 Aug 19, 2026 Violence without substance, appeasing to fine art academics and condescending film majors perhaps, but mindnummingly boring and pretentious to the rest of us. Plot makes no sense , lacks character or charm and overall is abysmal and hard to sit through. See more

Ian S @RT48225084 Aug 18, 2026 The film echoes with Taxi Driver tones. Phoenix does a fine job as the traumatized killer for hire. Well directed by Lynne Ramsay with some striking visuals. A fairly short film but visceral and interesting. Not a film to look for easy answers with plenty of time shifts and little dialogue. See more

Kate T @ckat9 Aug 1, 2026 This movie sickened me all into the evening and the next day and now it's two days later and I'm still horrified. The cruelty and the blood and the torture of people, without any understanding of why, or any justification for it, may be good for experimental filmmaking, or the dark web that was probably not dark enough for that, is it not worth watching for any good reason. I watched it because I love Joaquin Phoenix, I was hoping this was going to evolve into something other than violence, but it never did. You can't even like him, the main character because there's so very little dialogue or any reasons given for what's going on. There's no good reason for any of it to be going on other than the Director screenwriter a woman yet, wanted to make a movie that might get the attention of Hollywood as it seems that violence and blood are much of what they put out these days. The editing might also get someone a job. But the script writing in the entirety is disgusting. Nothing good to See more

Ray H @RT31534255 Jul 30, 2026 I try to give movies the benefit of the doubt. It is not so much the acting but the script, dialog, momentum, and direction of the story. What was the message? One could almost sum up the entire first 30 min to two or three sentences. There was no meat to chew on to draw you in. I felt like I was watching a pot of water on the stove but forgot to turn the burner on and watched it for 30 min do nothing. See more

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