I can never understand why some directors like to make films that are so vague and strange. This one is no different. i had high hopes for this film,knowing that Joaquin Phoenix was in it,and how you can feel this strong bond between him and the little girl made it more interesting. But it's truly disappointing how the director Lynne Ramsay who also wrote the screenplay,chose to bring it that way. I can hardly even understand what each actor is saying, and the fact that each one only speaks few words fro start to finish is so strange. I have'net read the book,but i hardly think it's with no dialogue like the film!! The lead character played by Phoenix is so torn apart and confused,that you can't even imagine that he's real. The first 25 minutes,you are struggling to understand what is going on, and you barley understand by the end,given that no one actually talk. The performance of Phoenix and the little girl was great,but it didn't save this movie from the poor narrating style and the lack of dialogue. i really wonder how it might be like,if it was directed differently. Maybe then we could actually be really here.
Review of You Were Never Really Here
