Watched a double feature tonight, the first was the much bally hood "You Were Never Really Here" and "Apartment 212". The first is getting a lot of press, and I will admit Joaquin Phoenix is totally amazing, and puts in an Oscar worthy performance. I really loved his performance in this really confusing movie. I read a few reviews to see other's reaction, and several bring up "Taxi Driver" which happens to be my favorite movie of all time. Yea, Joe is a veteran of the Gulf War, and Travis of the Vietnam War, and each one is haunted by their military service. Joe is a hired gun, that goes after teenagers kidnapped into the child prostitution racket, and is hired to go find the daughter of a politician that has been kidnapped. He does that, but then he loses her again, after some hoods take her back, From there on, is totally your interpretation, and it certainly varies from viewer to viewer. Is all this just going through Joe's mind, as he is plagued by flashbacks, and illusions, or is some of it reality, as he appears to go rescue the teenager girl again? None of that is explained, and the movie gives you no help at all, and the ending is about as ambiguous as you can get. It's actually closer to a David Lynch type story, than anything else, IMO. I really don't like these type of films that much, and those people calling this a masterpiece, saw a different movie than I did. I'll never watch it again, it pretty much pissed me off. 3/5
Review of You Were Never Really Here
