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
Mixed:
4
Negative:
12
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
Time OutJoshua Rothkopf
Is Joaquin Phoenix putting us on? After watching the terrifying, near-brilliant exposé I'm Still Here, in which the Oscar nominee's public and private unraveling becomes a sick joke, the question doesn't matter. Read full review
91
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
An artful piece of exploitation vérité. Read full review
88
St. Louis Post-DispatchJoe Williams
Whether true or a hoax, I'm Still Here represents real risk-taking that I can only applaud. Read full review
88
Philadelphia InquirerSteven Rea
A meditation on a life lived in the public eye, I'm Still Here is strange, riveting, and occasionally appalling stuff, any way you look at it. Read full review
80
Boxoffice MagazinePam Grady
I'm Still Here does leave us with one big question mark: What will Phoenix do next? How will he top such a flamboyant caper? Read full review
80
New York Magazine (Vulture)David Edelstein
There's a thrilling madness to Phoenix's Method. Read full review
75
The A.V. ClubTasha Robinson
If this is a documentary, it's a profoundly embarrassing one, in which Affleck has exposed Phoenix's soul and found it shallow and damaged. If it's a mockumentary, though, its greatest value is in pointing out the media's gullibility, and reminding audiences that even in an age of limited privacy, they still have to question what they're told and even what they witness themselves. It's cruel either way, but riveting nonetheless. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
A sad and painful documentary that serves little useful purpose other than to pound another nail into the coffin. Here is a gifted actor who apparently by his own decision has brought desolation upon his head. Read full review
75
Portland OregonianShawn Levy
You've never been quite this close to a movie star, and after enduring the experience you'll likely never want to repeat it. Read full review
75
Miami HeraldRene Rodriguez
Regardless of its veracity, this portrait of a drug-addled star who just wants to express himself artistically contains implications that exceed the filmmakers' intentions. Read full review
70
Arizona RepublicBill Goodykoontz
It's effective, entertaining in a remarkably uncomfortable way but entertaining all the same. Read full review
70
VarietyLeslie Felperin
An utterly fascinating experiment that apparently blends real and faked material to examine notions of celebrity, mental stability and friendship. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterDeborah Young
This sporadically engrossing mockumentary, which gets better as it rolls along, must have been planned way back before Phoenix bombed on "Late Show With David Letterman." Read full review
70
The New York TimesManohla Dargis
My guess is that after years of being the trick pony, he wanted to see what it was like to be the ringmaster. Read full review
63
Boston GlobeTy Burr
Parts of it are close to genius; most of it is actively torturous to watch. Read full review
63
Rolling StonePeter Travers
Affleck's provocative, postmodern take on JP as half-joke, half-victim is the damnedest plunge into the dark heart of our "reality" culture since Sacha Baron Cohen invented Borat. Read full review
63
PremiereMark Salisbury
One suspects the truth will only be revealed if or when Phoenix starts acting again. Certainly on this evidence, he's no great shakes at hip-hop. Read full review
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