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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+

What are your thoughts?