{"id":32050,"date":"2018-03-22T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-03-22T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?p=32050"},"modified":"2018-03-22T15:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-03-22T15:00:00","slug":"you-were-never-really-here-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/business-culture\/you-were-never-really-here-review","title":{"rendered":"You Were Never Really Here: Joaquin Phoenix will leave you in awe"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-32060\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/03\/four_half-stars_0-1024x238.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"35\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-32060\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/03\/four_half-stars_0-1024x238.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"35\" \/><\/noscript><\/h2>\n<h2>Director\u00a0Lynne Ramsay\u2019s latest film throws us into the subversive reality of a disturbed killer.<\/h2>\n<p>.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-container\">\nLynne Ramsay\u2019s psychological thriller, based on the book by Jonathan Ames, is absorbing until the last minute. The film opens with Joaquin Phoenix\u2019s character asphyxiating himself in a plastic bag. We are thrown fiercely into one man\u2019s disoriented world, where violence and confusion persists.The film follows Joe, a traumatized veteran who still lives with his mother and who specialises in retrieving trafficked girls for a living. As a \u201chired gun\u201d he is known for his exceptional brutality to achieve his ends. Caving in skulls with a hammer, his weapon of choice, is his speciality. This reputation for violence leads him to Senator Votto (Alex Manette), whose 14-year-old daughter named Nina (Ekaterina Samsonov) has disappeared. Votto hires Joe to retrieve the girl with the words: \u201cI want you to hurt them.\u201d Joe accepts the offer with a cool gaze.But for the Scottish director, Lynne Ramsay, the plot is only of secondary importance. Instead, she draws us into Joe\u2019s distorted psyche. The film develops into a character-study: we follow Joe in every scene, in every act. We see him struggle with violent flashbacks from his childhood and from the Gulf War, which make his job only harder. Through this fragmented window in the character\u2019s past we begin to understand how complicated he really is \u2013 we understand where his destructive nature stems from.We, like Joe, are caught in a dark and disoriented reality. Truth and hallucination become harder to discern. We start to doubt everything that happens around him. The character, the scenes, the sound design, the city, all feed into the fragmented nightmare we now find ourselves in. Joe is never really in control and snippets from his past lead us to believe he never really was.Joaquin Phoenix\u2019s performance is powerful and intense. Joe is not just a cold-blooded vigilante, instead, he is intriguingly complex. The tragic character finds himself balancing constantly on the edge of life and the wish to die, of empathy and an extreme outbursts of brute force.The style of the storytelling is wonderfully elliptical. Lynne Ramsay makes sure you are not guided through the story through narrative and dialogue, but she throws you in and you have to find your way through it yourself. You Were Never Really Here is an experiential movie that exceeds in giving a very rich picture of someone\u2019s dark inner life whiteout being pretentious.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Lynne Ramsay\u2019s psychological thriller film opens with Joaquin Phoenix\u2019s character lying on a motel bed and asphyxiating himself in a plastic bag. With every inhalation, it becomes harder for him to breathe in and out. It becomes harder for us to watch.<\/p>\n<p>As he finally tears off the bag, we are thrown fiercely into one man\u2019s disoriented world, where violence and confusion persists. The film follows Joe, a traumatized veteran who still lives with his mother and who specialises in retrieving trafficked girls for a living.<\/p>\n<p>We see him cleaning a hammer covered with blood splatters. It is his weapon of choice for caving in skulls. Blue and red flashing lights from two police cars parked outside are gleaming through the motel\u2019s front window. As Phoenix\u2019s character sneaks out through the back door, the tension starts to build.<\/p>\n<p>As a \u201chired gun\u201d, Joe is known for his exceptional brutality to achieve his ends. This reputation for violence leads him to Senator Votto (Alex Manette), whose 14-year-old daughter named Nina (Ekaterina Samsonov) has disappeared. Votto hires Joe to retrieve the girl with the words: \u201cI want you to hurt them.\u201d Joe accepts the offer with a cool gaze.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_32054\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32054\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-32054 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/03\/joe-and-anita_650.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/03\/joe-and-anita_650.jpg 650w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/03\/joe-and-anita_650-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/03\/joe-and-anita_650-500x282.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-32054\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-32054 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/03\/joe-and-anita_650.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/03\/joe-and-anita_650.jpg 650w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/03\/joe-and-anita_650-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/03\/joe-and-anita_650-500x282.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/noscript> Nina and Joe are both trying to escape the murky reality they find themselves in.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But for the Scottish director, Lynne Ramsay, the plot is only of secondary importance. Instead, she draws us into Joe\u2019s distorted psyche. The film develops into a character-study: we follow Joe in every scene, in every act. We see him struggle with violent flashbacks from his childhood and from the Gulf War, which make his job only harder. Through this fragmented window in the character\u2019s past we begin to understand how complicated he really is \u2013 we understand where his destructive nature stems from.<\/p>\n<p>We, like Joe, are caught in a dark and disoriented reality. Truth and hallucination become harder to discern. We start to doubt everything that happens around him. The character, the scenes, the sound design, the city, all feed into the fragmented nightmare we now find ourselves in. Joe is never really in control and snippets from his past lead us to believe he never really was.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_32056\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32056\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-32056 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/03\/joaquin_650.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/03\/joaquin_650.jpg 650w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/03\/joaquin_650-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/03\/joaquin_650-500x282.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-32056\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-32056 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/03\/joaquin_650.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/03\/joaquin_650.jpg 650w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/03\/joaquin_650-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/03\/joaquin_650-500x282.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/noscript> Joaquin Phoenix&#8217;s veteran killer does not say much, but his empty stare speaks volumes.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Joaquin Phoenix\u2019s performance is powerful and intense. Joe is not just a cold-blooded vigilante, instead, he is intriguingly complex. The tragic character finds himself balancing constantly on the edge of life and the wish to die, of empathy and extreme outbursts of brute force.<\/p>\n<p>The style of the storytelling is wonderfully elliptical. Lynne Ramsay makes sure you are not guided through the story through narrative and dialogue, but she throws you in and you have to find your way through it yourself. You Were Never Really Here is an experiential movie that exceeds in giving a very rich picture of someone\u2019s dark inner life without being pretentious.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joe is a distraught veteran who tracks down missing girls in Lynne Ramsay\u2019s latest film. 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