Another impressive performance from Phoenix coupled with an artsy aesthetic makes this a work that you should see. I felt uncomfortable watching it, and not many movies leave me with that feeling anymore. It's also vague enough to keep you asking questions and dissecting it long after. I'll definitely be watching this again.

Unconventional thriller, as befits Ramsay's style, but not as good as I thought it would be. Visually great, but narratively weak, and it does fall on the side of pretentious at times. Still, it is a good film, and while I don't rate is as highly as some people, it is worth a watch. But hey, what do I know anyway? I was never really here!

Extremely powerful and well shot+edited. However, this movie is not for everyone as it is not a point a to b type when it comes to story telling.

This had all the ingredients for a great film; instead, it was a horrible, snail-paced, do-nothing story that went nowhere and told nothing. The horrors of human trafficking are real, and I get that; sadly, this story touched on it but did nothing with it. Confusing, disjointed, one of the most difficult-to-follow stories I've watched. Still not sure what I just wasted 90 minutes sitting through. Joaquin Phoenix is an outstanding actor, but in spite of his superb talents, this story just did absolutely nothing but slog around the murky edges of a nasty subject until it went nowhere.

I thought that this film was really a gem. I really appreciated that we did not know that much about the main character and the director really slow-played our discovery of him. https://IHateBadMovies.com