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2.0
If nothing else, the movie at least proves that there are two sides to every hoax.
Indie Wire
1.0
Self destruction on screen is often fascinating and hilarious to watch.
We Got This Covered
1.5
Certainly, theres some truth in Phoenixs desire to escape the imprisonment of characterization, to escape himself.
Austin Chronicle
2.0
Im Still Here may actually be Phoenixs best performance ever or a pathetic document of wasted talent.
Austin Chronicle
2.0
It might be honest, but its not pretty.As playful reflections on your own persona go, Banksys Exit Through the Gift Shop trumps this effort by a long ..
Time Out
1.5
A short, sweetly edited intro runs briskly through Phoenixs career to date.
Screen Daily
3.8
A mind is a terrible thing to waste.The tragedy of Joaquin Phoenixs self destruction has been made into Im Still Here, a sad and painful documentary t ..
Rogerebert
4.0
It is an astonishing film hilarious, revealing and, at times, genuinely shocking.
Telegraph
2.0
Writers of what, if this is a documentary.Too much of the film simply seems scripted.
Cinema Blend
2.0
But the previous hour and a half is deadly, and that fact is all too true.
Ny Daily News
1.3
Im Still Here goes a long way to establish the obvious point that voyeuristic fascination with celebrity is bad for everyone involved, but it also dem ..
The Globe And Mail
4.4
But in a way, it doesnt matter: A meditation on a life lived in the public eye, Im Still Here is strange, riveting, and occasionally appalling stuff, ..
Philly
2.5
Mile 22: Mark Wahlberg is a dud, while the ladies rule in new action flick Mile 22: Mark Wahlberg is a dud, while the ladies rule in new action flick ..
Philly
1.9
Joaquin Phoenix gets the last laugh after all.For months, he earned entertainment headlines on a par with Britney or Lindsay or any other misbehaving ..
Rogers Movie Nation
3.5
Its not a pretty film to look at, as Joaquins life is unraveling on film.
Sover
3.8
Become a fan on Facebook Follow on Twitter Review by Mark Dujsik | September 9, 2010 The main question accompanying Im Still Here is the same one that ..
Mark Reviews Movies
1.3
Whether truth or folly, its not particularly well made. Even in the midst of Phoenixs most oddball and obsessive torment, its boring.
Usa Today
3.5
By the end of the film, I was hoping it was a fake. If real, it would reveal a famous person who should not be celebrated.
Lariat
2.5
If its truly a document of Phoenixs actual behavior, its horrific, and Affleck is a loathsome exploiter for showing it.If its real, it shows a man fal ..
Eric Ds Nider
2.0
Its one thing to pull off a hoax; its quite another to transform the fakery into authentic entertainment.
Independent
3.0
If it is a hoax, Phoenix is giving one of the greatest method performances of all time.
Independent
3.1
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Rolling Stone
4.0
If such moments are, indeed, staged, its a tribute to Affleck and Phoenix that you are never quite sure, such is their wholehearted commitment to this ..
Film Journal
3.1
If the ideas are shopworn, the filmmakings worse: Faux doc sloppiness taken to an extreme of handheld self indulgence.
Boston
3.5
But what the hell, if the film is right in its hall of mirrors approach to reality, the delicate business of teasing out psychological truth from tota ..
Smh
3.5
Occasionally funny, frequently boring and poorly made, still its hard not to be grimly fascinated that this film could even exist.
Mountain X
1.3
Since Phoenix spends half the film with his head down, mumbling and shirtless, Im Still Here is literally (and figuratively) an exercise in navel gazi ..
Star Tribune
3.0
Like a pair of po faced co conspirators, Affleck and Phoenix have cooked up an audacious little distraction; a stage managed Hollywood Babylon thats a ..
Guardian
4.2
Some of the movie is funny in a hungover, Entourage meets Christopher Guest sort of way.
Ew
2.0
The film cant decide whether this pitiable Hollywood grotesque should be its villain, its tragic hero, or the butt of an extended reality TV joke.
Slate
3.0
Afflecks meta satire riffs amusingly on celebrity culture without hitting too many faux doc highs.
Empire
3.0
It raises some interesting questions about celebrity privilege and categorization.
Common Sense Media
2.5
And if its real ..How insufferable is Joaquin Phoenix in the film
Sf Gate
2.0
It almost doesnt matter since, like Somewhere, the Sofia Coppola inside Hollywood drama that premiered here on Friday, Im Still Here is a sad amusing ..
Time
2.5
Watching the pseudo has been drown himself for the camera is the pinnacle of the films huckster premise and probably its funniest gag.
Slant Magazine
3.0
Nobody took him seriously, especially when he started to turn into a portly, bearded, rambling eccentric who looked and sounded like Oliver Reed in hi ..
Express
0.0
Rarely has the question of a documentarys artifice mattered less. I genuinely hated this picture, almost as much as Ive admired Phoenixs work.
Chicago Tribune
1.0
Either way, there is absolutely no good that can come from this movie.
Bullz-Eye
3.8
Can his career be reborn.Its tough to say whether the actor is brave and insightful or just plain crazy.
Reeling Reviews
1.5
Either way, Im Still Here is a disaster, a bratty, self indulgent demand to be paid attention to, complete with the expectation that it will be paid a ..
Flickfilosopher
4.0
Depending whether Affleck and Phoenix keep schtum over this, Im Still Here will be debated for years to come.Is it genuine
Total Film
3.5
Phoenix takes it as the truth about his life.Although the first half of the film keeps the viewer guessing about whats actually going on, it is parado ..
Hollywood Reporter
3.0
Its definitely a joke and its punchline goes something like this: The only thing more pathetic than a bloated slurring entitled actor in the midst of ..
Hollywood
2.0
Im Still Here is going to add fuel to that fire.Whats most interesting about this film is that it succeeds as well as it does in fooling us because it ..
Los Angeles Times
2.5
The possibility this is all a phony act is vigorously denied by Phoenix and Affleck, but the film does not dispel any accusations of fakeness.
Herald Sun
1.0
Not entertaining at all, regardless of whether you believe it or not. It comes across as a bunch of talentless high school kids making a home grown ve ..
7M Pictures
4.0
Afflecks carefully managed bursts of humour keep the film from becoming too bleak.
Digital Spy
3.1
A psychological snuff film, unpleasant and provocative in equal measure.
Dustin Put Man
4.2
What it most likely is is somewhere in the middle, a seriously intended put on starring a fragile egoist who is both in on the joke and emotionally di ..
Ar Kansas Online
2.0
I dont know much about rap music, but Phoenix is just terrible at it.
The Filmy Ap
1.9
If whats happening in the film is honest and real, its more spectacle than introspection.
Movie Crypt
1.0
To what end.The result is Im Still Here, a film that either tells the story of a man trying to find something real after growing tired of his life as ..
Hollywood Chicago
2.0
Casey Afflecks Im Still Here is, in and of itself, the perfect metaphor for the cult of celebrity alternately compelling, repugnant, fuelled by preten ..
Sbs
2.0
A meditation on life in the fast lane.A heartfelt attempt at performance art
The Shiz Nit
1.9
Its lack of focus keeps it from achieving any of these ideas.In the end, the entire affair is a catch 22.
Scene Stealers
4.5
(It doesnt help that the movie, in its Borat esque way, is really rather funny, deriving uncomfortable laughs from Phoenixs downfall).But Phoenix and ..
Streaming Quickflix
4.0
There are at least two ways of looking at Joaquin Phoenix and Casey Afflecks surprising, occasionally exasperating, but ultimately thought provoking n ..
East Bay Express
4.0
I cant wait for his next big act.Watching Nicholas Facklers Lovely, Still is up there with my weirdest experiences at the movies in years, though spel ..
Ny Mag
0.0
If its real, its a very sad revelation of how far gone Phoenix really is.
Review Express
4.0
Only time will tell what happens to Joaquin, but taken at face value this is a fairly brilliant documentary, a powerful insight into a tortured mind, ..
Fan The Fire Magazine
3.5
Its a clever stunt that shrewdly wrestles with issues of fame, truth and self, albeit a stunt that grows increasingly wearying, with the material neve ..
Nicks Chager
5.0
And there still museums with pay what you wish admission, if not every day, then on certain days weekly or monthly.You just have to know who offers wh ..
New York Time Out
3.0
Its almost as if whatever Affleck/Phoenix says changes the way we will see the film.Just like if Christopher Nolan told us that at the end of Inceptio ..
The Scorecard Review
2.0
If all that Im Still Here documents is a hoax then Joaquin Phoenix is a far better actor than I ever suspected.
Kpbs
3.5
Youve never been quite this close to a movie star, and after enduring the experience youll likely never want to repeat it.
Blog Oregonlive
3.2
It brings an intermittently insightful film to an unexpectedly satisfying conclusion.
D Cist
1.5
And many TV appearances seem to have been ripped from low quality VHS sources.Frankly, no matter how you cut it, this just isnt a stellar presentation ..
Blu Ray Ign
4.0
Its hard not to think about just how amazing Im Still Here could have been had they pushed the idea a little further, but nonetheless its a brilliant ..
Ultra Culture
2.5
But having created this potent premise, Affleck doesnt seem entirely certain where to take it.
Nyc Film Critic
2.5
Im Still Here is a film that gets in your face and under your skin. Kind of like a portrait wiped with the artists excrement. Its disgusting, but its ..
Sign On Sandiego
3.8
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