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By Sandy Schaefer (333) for ScreenRant (1,013) on 19 Apr 2018

You Were Never Really Here has less success breaking the mold for its genre, but explores the often ignored corners in thoughtful and intriguing ways…

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By Steve Murray (153) for ArtsATL (57) on 19 Apr 2018

The movie gives us glimmers of trauma from Joe's childhood life, but they're never explained, simply served up as fractured psychological backstory…

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By Robert Horton (590) for HeraldNet (Everett, WA) (288) on 19 Apr 2018

Phoenix is in complete sync with Ramsay's cryptic style - he slugs through the action as though bearing the weight of a thousand unspoken guilts…

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By Adam Graham (720) for Detroit News (2,682) on 19 Apr 2018

What it lacks in straightforward narrative structure, it makes up for in chest-level punch, and You Were Never Really Here lands like a blow…

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By Facebook U (1,208) on 18 Apr 2018

Brilliant film, Joaquin Phoenix is totally amazing, can't imagine anyone else playing this part…

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By Brent_Marchant (762) on 18 Apr 2018

A taut, intense character study of a troubled soul on a noble but troubling path in the seamy underbelly of corrupt politics and child sex…

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By Kevin N. Laforest (610) for Extra Beurre (15) on 18 Apr 2018

Un fascinant hybride de drame psychologique et de film de genre, à la fois dense et minimaliste. [Full review in French]…

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By Brad Keefe (343) for Columbus Alive (355) on 18 Apr 2018

[Joaquin] Phoenix at his brooding-est also can be a lot to handle, although his best moments in a surprisingly vulnerable performance come…

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By Robert Denerstein (1,148) for Denerstein Unleashed (254) on 18 Apr 2018

Watching You Were Never Really Here, I couldn't help marveling at the combination of daring and commitment it must have taken to make a film…

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By Ilja S (505) on 17 Apr 2018

One of the strangest, yet most original cinematic experiences of the year. Violent, brilliantly acted and a real thought-provoker…

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By Bob Bloom (1,124) for Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN) (1,017) on 17 Apr 2018

One of the problems is the tone Ramsay is trying to set. Is You Were Never Really Here an artistic action movie…

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By M. Faust (314) for The Public (Buffalo) (288) on 17 Apr 2018

It seems to me that Ramsey's achievement here is to take an unpleasant genre exercise and make it into one that is merely frustrating…

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By Gerald Peary (163) for Arts Fuse (166) on 17 Apr 2018

Expect this film, with its relentless brutality and aching sense of wonder, to seep into your very marrow…

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By Kiko Martinez (245) for San Antonio Current (241) on 17 Apr 2018

[Director Lynne] Ramsay has created an unnerving and aggressive cinematic experience…

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By Simon T (674) on 16 Apr 2018

A slow dream-like revenge mystery with echoes of Taxi Driver, Point Blank and the hypnotic work of David Lynch…

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By Darklordabc123 (1) on 16 Apr 2018

Not my type of film. Lots of long, dramatic scenes, that are unnecessary for the plot. You could fit the plot synopsis in a paragraph…

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By Jluis_001 (2,242) on 16 Apr 2018

I really needed a film like this one and even though in the end it finished below my expectations, still is a very good film…

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By Ginak (385) on 16 Apr 2018

An emotionally shattering film, another masterpiece from Lynne Ramsey (I have never been able to forget her “We Need to Talk about Kevin”…

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By Victoria Alexander (762) for FilmsInReview.com (462) on 16 Apr 2018

Captures the nihilistic fever of TAXI DRIVER…

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By Staci Layne Wilson (667) for AtHomeInHollywood.com (165) on 15 Apr 2018

It's an extraordinarily violent film, yet it's peppered with small moments of poignant grace…

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