You Were Never Really Here
Overview
A traumatized veteran, unafraid of violence, tracks down missing girls for a living. When a job spins out of control, Joe's nightmares overtake him as a conspiracy is uncovered—leading to what may be his death trip or his awakening.
- Budget
- $17,000,000
- Revenue
- $9,400,000
- Production
- Why Not Productions, Film4 Productions, Sixteen Films
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Cast
Joaquin Phoenix
Joe
Judith Roberts
Joe's Mother
Ekaterina Samsonov
Nina Votto
John Doman
John McCleary
Alex Manette
Senator Albert Votto
Dante Pereira-Olson
Young Joe
Alessandro Nivola
Governor Williams
Frank Pando
Angel
Claire Hsu
Staring Girl
Lucy Lan Luo
Dead Girl
Ryan Martin Brown
Towel Boy
Jason Babinsky
Eye of Providence
Jonathan Wilde
Joe's Young Father
Ronan Summers
Joe's Young Father Double
Kate Easton
Joe's Young Mother
Novella Nelson
Diner Woman
Madison Arnold
Diner Man
Joseph Anthony Jerez
Russian Bath Patron (uncredited)
Cristina Dohmen
News Anchor (voice)
Crew
- Director
- Lynne Ramsay
- Writers
- Lynne Ramsay
- Cinematography
- Thomas Townend
- Composer
- Jonny Greenwood
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Bazzjazz
April 20, 2018
The way this movie was hyped up in the press about it being the Next ‘Taxi Driver’obviously raised my expectations and Phoenix being the Antihero ah-la Travis Brickle . Well, did I get letdown like a disappointed kid at Xmas when he didn’t get what he expected. If Phoenix won best actor at the Sundance Festival for his performance in this film. Then I’m decidedly in the wrong profession. He had a one dimensional character, very dark and not much else to him. The hammer being the ‘DI…
Gimly
January 20, 2019
I did not feel as positively about _You Were Never Really Here_ as most people seem to have, but I **do** absolutely recommend it. One of Jaoquin Phoenix's best roles, and that is about as far from small praise as it gets. _Final rating:★★★ - I liked it. Would personally recommend you give it a go._
CinemaSerf
December 7, 2025
There weren’t a lot of lines for Joaquin Phoenix to learn for this gritty and brutal story of “Joe”. He makes a living retrieving girls who have gone missing - voluntarily or otherwise, and repatriating them. Occasionally this happens straightforwardly, but more frequently this is a violent and dangerous business that sees him having to fend off people both in and out of uniform. It’s this latest job to rescue “Nina” (Ekaterina Samsonov) that is proving to be his most testing and as he struggles…