Review of You Were Never Really Here (2017) by Bigmurphk — 19 Jun 2022

Visually adept. That's the best thing to be said about this slow, never quite gets there, piece of cinema.

There's at least 185 establishing shots of the protagonist attempting suicide in the first 30 mins alone. It's over the top edgelord vibe doesn't fit the genre of film, any more than the slow as molasses pacing.

There is a ham fisted attempt to use obnoxious ear splitting racket to set the mood, but rather than subtly making you uncomfortable the extreme changes in volume and pitch just completely destroy any immersion you find in the film. That is until, about a year and a half into the movie something actually happens, then of course the director chooses to go virtually silent with the audio.

This film is as confused as a virgin at hedonism, and that's saying something.