I'm Still Here
Magnolia Pictures | Release Date: September 10, 2010 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 33 Critic Reviews
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17
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4
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12
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38
Orlando SentinelRoger MooreOct 23, 2010
It's all tiresome, muddied and artlessly made. Read full review
35
MovielineMichelle Orange
The problem is, whether real, not real, or some Spector-headed stepchild of the two, meltdowns are still not inherently interesting. Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan
Fake or not, I'm Still Here is no fun to watch, and in fact Phoenix's situation comes off as so dire that it becomes a reason to doubt the film's authenticity. Filming someone having a mental breakdown is embarrassing and exploitative at best. Read full review
25
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam Lacey
Unlike Sacha Baron Cohen's rude semi-documentary satires (Borat, Bruno), I'm Still Here never finds a satiric justification for all this grotesque behaviour. Read full review
25
USA TodayClaudia Puig
It's really not much fun - in fact it's painful - to watch an actor on the verge of a nervous breakdown. It almost doesn't matter if the psyche in question is imploding artificially - as in staged - or organically. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChroniclePeter Hartlaub
If there was ever a human being who needed a visit from the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future, this is the guy. Read full review
12
New York PostKyle Smith
When I'm Still Here reached its climactic moment -- Joaquin Phoenix puking into a toilet -- I had never before felt quite so much like a toilet. Read full review
0
Chicago ReaderCliff Doerksen
To judge from this agonizing documentary, sniveling man-child Joaquin Phoenix was put on earth to make us appreciate Crispin Glover for the level-headed fellow he is. Read full review
0
Tampa Bay TimesSteve Persall
I'm Still Here is amateurishly shot and edited, as if ineptness equaled some higher level of veracity. Ironically, it's the only Joaquin Phoenix movie anyone has cared about in years. Read full review
0
Chicago TribuneMichael Phillips
Rarely has the question of a documentary's artifice mattered less. I genuinely hated this picture, almost as much as I've admired Phoenix's work in everything from "Gladiator" to "Walk the Line" and even the hackneyed but affecting "Two Lovers." Read full review
0
SlateDana Stevens
The worst thing about I'm Still Here is the fact that it exists. Read full review
0
New York Daily NewsJoe Neumaier
The whole thing is such a tedious, foul-mouthed mess that it isn't even worth discussing as a riff on the Bob Dylan doc "Don't Look Back" or a meditation on slovenly semi-madness. Read full review
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