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'''''You Were Never Really Here''''' is a 2017 [[psychological thriller]] [[crime film|crime]] [[Drama (genre)|drama film]] written and directed by [[Lynne Ramsay]], and based on the book of the same name by [[Jonathan Ames]]. The film stars [[Joaquin Phoenix]], [[Ekaterina Samsonov]], Alex Manette, [[John Doman]], and [[Judith Roberts (actress)|Judith Roberts]].
'''''You Were Never Really Here''''' is a 2017 [[psychological thriller]] [[crime film|crime]] [[Drama (genre)|drama film]] written and directed by [[Lynne Ramsay]]<ref name="SWITCH.">{{cite web|title=SWITCH. &#124; Film review: You Were Never Really Here - Brutal yet beautiful|url=https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/article/review-you-were-never-really-here-brutal-yet-beautiful|work=SWITCH.|accessdate=31 August 2018|date=31 August 2018|author=Jess Fenton}}</ref>‘You Were Never Really Here’</a>, and based on the book of the same name by [[Jonathan Ames]]. The film stars [[Joaquin Phoenix]], [[Ekaterina Samsonov]], Alex Manette, [[John Doman]], and [[Judith Roberts (actress)|Judith Roberts]].


An unfinished version of the film premiered at the [[2017 Cannes Film Festival]] in competition,<ref name="Main">{{cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/actualites/articles/the-2017-official-selection |title=The 2017 Official Selection |publisher=[[Cannes Film Festival]] |date=13 April 2017 |accessdate=13 April 2017}}</ref><ref name="IW">{{cite web|url=http://www.indiewire.com/2017/04/cannes-2017-lineup-list-film-festival-schedule-1201804813/ |title=2017 Cannes Film Festival Announces Lineup: Todd Haynes, Sofia Coppola, ‘Twin Peaks’ and More |work=[[IndieWire]] |date=13 April 2017 |accessdate=13 April 2017|last=Winfrey|first=Graham|publisher=[[Penske Business Media]]}}</ref> where Ramsay won the [[Best Screenplay Award (Cannes Film Festival)|Best Screenplay]] award and Phoenix won the award for [[Best Actor Award (Cannes Film Festival)|Best Actor]].<ref name="main-prizes">{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2017/film/festivals/cannes-film-festival-2017-award-winners-palme-d-or-1202446856/ |title=2017 Cannes Film Festival Award Winners Announced |first=Peter |last= Debruge |date=28 May 2017 |accessdate=28 May 2017 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|publisher=[[Penske Business Media]]}}</ref> The film was released by [[Studio Canal]] in the UK, on 9 March 2018, and by [[Amazon Studios]] in the U.S., where it began a limited release in Los Angeles and New York on 6 April 2018, and a wide release on 20 April.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://deadline.com/2017/10/joaquin-phoenix-you-were-never-really-here-amazon-february-release-date-1202180555/|title=Joaquin Phoenix Noir 'You Were Never Really Here' Gets February Release|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|publisher=[[Penske Business Media]]|first=Anthony|last=D'Alessandro|date=2 October 2017|accessdate=2 October 2017}}</ref>
An unfinished version of the film premiered at the [[2017 Cannes Film Festival]] in competition,<ref name="Main">{{cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/actualites/articles/the-2017-official-selection |title=The 2017 Official Selection |publisher=[[Cannes Film Festival]] |date=13 April 2017 |accessdate=13 April 2017}}</ref><ref name="IW">{{cite web|url=http://www.indiewire.com/2017/04/cannes-2017-lineup-list-film-festival-schedule-1201804813/ |title=2017 Cannes Film Festival Announces Lineup: Todd Haynes, Sofia Coppola, ‘Twin Peaks’ and More |work=[[IndieWire]] |date=13 April 2017 |accessdate=13 April 2017|last=Winfrey|first=Graham|publisher=[[Penske Business Media]]}}</ref> where Ramsay won the [[Best Screenplay Award (Cannes Film Festival)|Best Screenplay]] award and Phoenix won the award for [[Best Actor Award (Cannes Film Festival)|Best Actor]].<ref name="main-prizes">{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2017/film/festivals/cannes-film-festival-2017-award-winners-palme-d-or-1202446856/ |title=2017 Cannes Film Festival Award Winners Announced |first=Peter |last= Debruge |date=28 May 2017 |accessdate=28 May 2017 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|publisher=[[Penske Business Media]]}}</ref> The film was released by [[Studio Canal]] in the UK, on 9 March 2018, and by [[Amazon Studios]] in the U.S., where it began a limited release in Los Angeles and New York on 6 April 2018, and a wide release on 20 April.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://deadline.com/2017/10/joaquin-phoenix-you-were-never-really-here-amazon-february-release-date-1202180555/|title=Joaquin Phoenix Noir 'You Were Never Really Here' Gets February Release|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|publisher=[[Penske Business Media]]|first=Anthony|last=D'Alessandro|date=2 October 2017|accessdate=2 October 2017}}</ref>

Revision as of 07:32, 31 August 2018

You Were Never Really Here
Theatrical release poster
Directed byLynne Ramsay
Screenplay byLynne Ramsay
Produced by
  • Rosa Attab
  • Pascal Caucheteux
  • James Wilson
  • Lynne Ramsay
Starring
CinematographyThomas Townend
Edited byJoe Bini
Music byJonny Greenwood
Production
companies
Distributed byAmazon Studios
Release dates
  • 27 May 2017 (2017-05-27) (Cannes)
  • 8 November 2017 (2017-11-08) (France)
  • 9 March 2018 (2018-03-09) (UK)
  • 6 April 2018 (2018-04-06) (US)
Running time
90 minutes[1]
Countries
  • United Kingdom
  • France
LanguageEnglish
Box office$7.2 million[2]

You Were Never Really Here is a 2017 psychological thriller crime drama film written and directed by Lynne Ramsay[3]‘You Were Never Really Here’</a>, and based on the book of the same name by Jonathan Ames. The film stars Joaquin Phoenix, Ekaterina Samsonov, Alex Manette, John Doman, and Judith Roberts.

An unfinished version of the film premiered at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival in competition,[4][5] where Ramsay won the Best Screenplay award and Phoenix won the award for Best Actor.[6] The film was released by Studio Canal in the UK, on 9 March 2018, and by Amazon Studios in the U.S., where it began a limited release in Los Angeles and New York on 6 April 2018, and a wide release on 20 April.[7]

Plot

Joe is a hired gun who rescues trafficked girls, using brutal methods against those responsible. He cares for his elderly mother in his childhood home in New York City. Joe has graphic flashbacks to his childhood, abuse he and his mother faced from his violent father, and brutal past in the military and FBI, and has suicidal thoughts.

While returning home from a job, Joe is seen by the son of Angel, the middleman between Joe and Joe's handler John McCleary. Joe meets with McCleary, and expresses his concern that Angel knows his address and may pose a safety risk. Joe accepts a new job: a New York State Senator, Albert Votto, has offered a large sum of money to discreetly rescue his abducted daughter, Nina.

Joe stakes out a brothel for wealthy patrons, the address of which was received by Votto in an anonymous text. He kills several security guards and patrons and rescues Nina. While they wait at a motel, the news reports that Votto has committed suicide. Police officers kill the clerk, enter the motel room, and take Nina. Another officer attempts to kill Joe, but only manages to shoot him in the mouth. Joe overpowers the officer, kills him and escapes.

Joe finds that McCleary, Angel, and Angel's son have been killed in search of his home address. He sneaks into his home and discovers that two agents have murdered his mother and are waiting for him. He kills one and mortally wounds the other, who reveals that the conspiracy was orchestrated by Governor Williams, and that Nina is "his favorite."

Joe gives his mother a water burial. He loads his pockets with stones and goes into the water, but he has a vision of Nina and swims back to the surface.

Joe follows Williams to his country house and fights his way in, but discovers Williams with his throat slit. He finds Nina in the kitchen with a bloody straight razor. Later, as they eat at a diner, Joe collapses and has a violent suicidal fantasy. Nina wakes him, telling him, "It's a beautiful day." He agrees and they leave together.

Cast

Production

On 11 May 2016, it was reported that Lynne Ramsay would write and direct an adaptation of Jonathan Ames' novella You Were Never Really Here, starring Joaquin Phoenix. The project would be shopped to Cannes buyers.[8] Although it was initially reported that A24 had acquired the project, Amazon Studios bought U.S. rights to You Were Never Really Here on 13 May 2016.[9] Principal photography took place during August 2016 in and around New York City.[10] On 2 May 2017, it was confirmed that composer Jonny Greenwood would score the film.[11] The film was still a work in progress when it premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on 27 May 2017.[12][13]

Reception

You Were Never Really Here received a seven-minute standing ovation at its Cannes Film Festival premiere on 27 May 2017. Critics lauded Phoenix's performance, Ramsay's direction, and the musical score and editing.[14] Phoenix won the festival's Best Actor Award and Lynne Ramsay won the Best Screenplay Award.

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 88% based on 203 reviews, with an average rating of 8.1/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Bracingly elevated by a typically committed lead performance from Joaquin Phoenix, You Were Never Really Here confirms writer-director Lynne Ramsay as one of modern cinema's most unique—and uncompromising—voices."[15] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 84 out of 100, based on 41 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".[16]

Sheila O'Malley of RogerEbert.com gave the film 4 out of 4 stars, saying that the film "is a taut and almost unbearably intense 90-minutes, without an ounce of fat on it. Ramsay doesn't give you a second to breathe."[17] Guy Lodge for Variety said Ramsay may be the world's "greatest working filmmaker," and called the film "astonishing... a stark, sinewy, slashed-to-the-bone hitman thriller far more concerned with the man than the hit."[18] Matt Bobkin for Exclaim! gave the film a score of 9 out of 10, describing it as "dizzying, horrifying and utterly compelling."[19]

References

  1. ^ "A Beautiful Day". Centre National de la Cinématographie. 8 November 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  2. ^ "You Were Never Really Here". The Numbers. Nash Information Services. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  3. ^ Jess Fenton (31 August 2018). "SWITCH. | Film review: You Were Never Really Here - Brutal yet beautiful". SWITCH. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  4. ^ "The 2017 Official Selection". Cannes Film Festival. 13 April 2017. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  5. ^ Winfrey, Graham (13 April 2017). "2017 Cannes Film Festival Announces Lineup: Todd Haynes, Sofia Coppola, 'Twin Peaks' and More". IndieWire. Penske Business Media. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  6. ^ Debruge, Peter (28 May 2017). "2017 Cannes Film Festival Award Winners Announced". Variety. Penske Business Media. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
  7. ^ D'Alessandro, Anthony (2 October 2017). "Joaquin Phoenix Noir 'You Were Never Really Here' Gets February Release". Deadline Hollywood. Penske Business Media. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
  8. ^ Calvario, Liz (11 May 2016). "Joaquin Phoenix To Star In Lynne Ramsay's Sex Trafficking Thriller 'You Were Never Really Here'". IndieWire. Penske Business Media. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  9. ^ Keslassy, Elsa; Setoodeh, Ramin (13 May 2016). "Cannes: Amazon Sweeps in To Buy Joaquin Phoenix's 'You Were Never Really Here'". Variety. Penske Business Media. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  10. ^ Christine (18 August 2016). "Thursday, Aug. 18 Filming Locations for Spider-Man: Homecoming, Chicago Fire, Homeland, Bull, & more!". On Location Vacations. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  11. ^ Lyttelton, Oliver (2 May 2017). "Jonny Greenwood Scoring Lynne Ramsay's 'You Were Never Really Here' With Joaquin Phoenix". IndieWire. Penske Business Media. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  12. ^ Romney, Jonathan (27 May 2017). "You Were Never Really Here review: Joaquin Phoenix storms Lynne Ramsay's kidnap thriller". Sight & Sound. British Film Institute. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  13. ^ Pritchard, Tiffany (30 May 2017). "Lynne Ramsay: 'You Were Never Really Here' isn't finished". Screen Daily. Screen International. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  14. ^ Cannes reception:
  15. ^ "You Were Never Really Here (2018)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  16. ^ "You Were Never Really Here Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  17. ^ O'Malley, Sheila (6 April 2018). "You Were Never Really Here". RogerEbert.com. Ebert Digital LLC. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  18. ^ Lodge, Guy (26 May 2017). "Film Review: 'You Were Never Really Here'". Variety. Penske Business Media. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
  19. ^ Bobkin, Matt (17 April 2018). "You Were Never Really Here". Exclaim!. Retrieved 17 April 2018.

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