IMDb plot summary: A traumatized veteran, unafraid of violence, tracks down missing girls for a living. When a job spins out of control, Joe's nightmares overtake him as a conspiracy is uncovered leading to what may be his death trip or his awakening.
Directed by Lynne Ramsay. Starring Joaquin Phoenix, Dante Pereira-Olson, Judith Roberts, and John Doman.
When director Lynne Ramsay's movie We Need to Talk About Kevin was released, I was super excited to watch it, and then found myself... lost. I just didn't get it at all. When this movie came out, I was excited to watch it and see if I was able to graps Ramsay's vision this time around. Well... I'm not. Nope. I would completely buy that Ramsay's work is creative and visionary and fascinating, but, as I've said before about Francis Ford Coppola, I think we simply speak two different film languages. I don't get any of the emotions I think she's trying to evoke, I'm just left with a sense of "...Wait, what?" This is probably better than I'm going to rank it, given the absolutely glowing reviews I keep reading of it, but all Ramsay's work just goes over my head.
How it entered my Flickchart:
You Were Never Really Here < The Asphalt Jungle
You Were Never Really Here < Burning
You Were Never Really Here > Speak
You Were Never Really Here < The Inspector General
You Were Never Really Here > Gangs of New York
You Were Never Really Here > Medium Cool
You Were Never Really Here > Larry Boy and the Rumor Weed
You Were Never Really Here > The Words
You Were Never Really Here > The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane
You Were Never Really Here < Heat
Final spot: #2445 out of 3002.
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