Review: I’M STILL HERE

Wow, this movie is…um… something else.

I’m Still Here is a (supposed) look into the life of Joaquin Phoenix. Casey Affleck films a year of Phoenix’s life as he tries to reinvent himself as a hip hop artist. You see Phoenix flip out, take a ridiculous amount of drugs, order prostitutes, and get shit on by his longtime friend and assistant. I meant that last part literally. Phoenix let his appearance and sanity go for the length of the film, looking like he hadn’t showered in months.

Let’s go ahead and point out the loopholes in this film. In order to do this I am going to start at the end. In the credits it says that the film is written by Casey Affleck and Joaquin Phoenix. Why would a documentary need to be written? Secondly, in the credits, Danny DeVito’s stand in was said to be named one thing, and actually has a different name. He was playing a role. This whole thing makes no sense.

If you are a two time Oscar nominee, with a successful career, I can see being overwhelmed and going crazy, or even giving it up to do something else. Phoenix doesn’t talk the same as he once did, his hair is filthy and matted, and he decides to let film get out where he is taking a ton of drugs? This just doesn’t make sense. Also, for someone as musically talented as he is, his rap music is horrible! Either he went off the deep end and his brother in law Affleck is making a profit off it, not caring about Phoenix’s well being, or this is a hoax. My guess is that this is a hoax.

Plus, if this is a serious film, would Phoenix or Affleck really want to show their families that Phoenix is snorting cocaine, smoking weed, and drinking all the time? Or that he has resorted to ordering prostitutes for company? This has to be a hoax… Otherwise it is career suicide!

And I am just going to throw this out there… WHY WAS HIS BEST FRIEND/ASSISTANT ALWAYS NAKED??? We are talking full penis action! I don’t need to see this! It only added to the bizarre nonsense of the film.

This movie is either an extremely sad look into the life of someone in need of some serious help, or just one big joke. If this is fictional, I hope that they aren’t trying to pass it off as a serious  film. Sure, it’s entertaining… but I don’t think that it is anything that special.

OVERALL RATING: 3.5 out of 5 stars