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You Were Never Really Here

2017

Lynne Ramsay

Joaquin Phoenix, Alessandro Nivola, John Doman, Judith Roberts ...

5.8

16,267

Thriller. Drama A former war vet devotes himself to saving women exploited by sex traffickers.

	Media	Author	Review
		Leslie Felperin The Hollywood Reporter	"This intoxicatingly stylish work is all over the place, a hot mess at times so ravishing it sends shivers down to the toes. Unfortunately, it’s also at times just plain crass and silly."
		Guy Lodge Variety	"Her most formally exacting (...) Even the off-key elements are perfectly chosen; an exquisite, anxious study in damage, 'You Were Never Really Here' knows exactly the value of its scars."
		Eric Kohn IndieWire	"It’s a mesmerizing illustration of her ability to treasure small gestures and whispered exchanges over exposition to construct a tapestry of alternately gripping and melancholic emotions (...) Unfinished (...) fragmented and imprecise"
		Emily Yoshida Vulture	"[It] packs a punch, but lacks Lynne Ramsay’s usual poetry (...) Cinematically, it’s undeniably gripping (...) But it’s in service of a story that’s been told countless times before"
		Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"[It] is both daring and sickening, bringing to mind 'Taxi Driver' and its notorious antihero (...) The film leaves a shudder of disquiet behind it (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Jessica Kiang The Playlist	"It’s clear Ramsay has made something extraordinary, a film that’s both cruel and compassionate, composed of quick, stabbing slivers of insight about how childhood terror can be twisted up with adult compulsion."
		Tim Robey Telegraph	"An experience fully capable of blowing you away (...) It is hard, harrowing, not-for-the-faint-of-heart stuff. But the immensity of Ramsay’s film lies in the scalpel surgery of her image-making (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Allan Hunter Screendaily	"A brutal, unforgiving 21st century 'Taxi Driver' with an awards-worthy performance from Joaquin Phoenix (...) Ramsay elevates the material way beyond the conventional by sheer filmmaking craft"

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