Joaquin Phoenix descends into a hellish New York underworld in the haunting 'You Were Never Really Here'
Pairing two of international cinema's most determinedly idiosyncratic and creatively willful talents is a bit like introducing an unstoppable force to an immovable object; disaster could ensue. Instead, the collaboration between Scottish filmmaker Lynne Ramsay and American actor Joaquin Phoenix produced "You Were Never Really Here," a dynamic, emotionally complex crime thriller that depicts complicated inner emotions. And hammer attacks.
The film premiered at last year's Cannes Film Festival, with Ramsay scrambling to finish post-production after being invited when organizers saw a rough early version. (She has subsequently reworked the film slightly since the festival. The new version opened in theaters this weekend.) Although it was the last title to
