Review of You Were Never Really Here (2017) by Glibjibb — 18 Apr 2019

Incredibly boring, slow paced, too much downtime, and tries to be too many things. What I mean is: it has the setup of other similar "hitman saves girl" action movies, but the cinematography, audio design, and pacing of an artistic indie movie, but the narrative design of a crime thriller.

It succeeds at none of these things. If, like me, you come from the trailer expecting tense and violent action, you'll be disappointed that it all happens basically off-camera. As others have said, far too much time is spent building up scenes with Joaquin Phoenix slowly walking through dimly lit areas taking up 90% of the film.

Honestly this movie put me to sleep so I don't know if the ending makes it all worth it. Giving it a 4 because the performances were objectively good.