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You Were Never Really Here

You Were Never Really Here

6.5/ 10

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2017

Release Year

89 min

Runtime

Crime
Drama
Thriller

Overview

A traumatized veteran, unafraid of violence, tracks down missing girls for a living. When a job spins out of control, his nightmares begin to overtake him, and a conspiracy is uncovered—leading to what may be his death trip or his awakening.

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Keywords

hotel
new york city
post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)
based on novel or book
childhood trauma
flashback
money
murder
teenage girl
drugs
stakeout
alarm
u.s. senator
phone call
burning photograph
mother son relationship
army veteran
empathetic
parental substitute

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Reviews(3)

6.3avg rating
Bazzjazz

Bazzjazz

April 20, 2018

6
6/10

The way this movie was hyped up in the press about it being the Next ‘Taxi Driver’obviously raised my expectations and Phoenix being the Antihero ah-la Travis Brickle . Well, did I get letdown like a disappointed kid at Xmas when he didn’t get what he expected. If Phoenix won best actor at the

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Gimly

Gimly

@Ruuz

January 20, 2019

6
6/10

I did not feel as positively about _You Were Never Really Here_ as most people seem to have, but I **do** absolutely recommend it. One of Jaoquin Phoenix's best roles, and that is about as far from small praise as it gets. _Final rating:★★★ - I liked it. Would personally recommend you give it a g

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

December 7, 2025

7
7/10

There weren’t a lot of lines for Joaquin Phoenix to learn for this gritty and brutal story of “Joe”. He makes a living retrieving girls who have gone missing - voluntarily or otherwise, and repatriating them. Occasionally this happens straightforwardly, but more frequently this is a violent and dang

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