Joaquin Phoenix is a formerly Oscar nominated actor, and a good one at that. In 2008, he announced his drama profession was done and he was going to try and make it in a brand new field. He made a bizarre, Crispin Glover-like appearance on Letterman, announcing his intention to start rapping as a living. It was declared that he was going to be the subject of a documentary. That film, “I’m Still Here,” documents his life these days and his fledgling career. The film is beginning to hit theaters, and also the “I’m Still Here” critiques are beginning to pour in.
Some form of rap doc
The buzz about the release of the film is it’s an update on Joaquin Phoenix. The Joaquin Phoenix Letterman appearance, a disaster, may be the last recollection numerous have about him. He was barely coherent. Many of the “I’m Still Here” reviews discuss in detail the state he is in. Roger Ebert, in the Chicago Sun Times, makes the point that the bulk of the film is about Phoenix having gone completely sideways, and that seems to be the draw. Ebert doesn’t have a lot to say about everything else within the movie. Ebert also maintained the unhinged Phoenix is the film’s selling point.
It is Phoenix first and puppet show last
Many “I’m Still Here” critiques compare it to “This is Spinal Tap,” the popular “mock-doc” by Reiner, which chronicles a British rock band that’s falling apart. ”Spinal Tap” is a classic, and the “I’m Still Here” reviews are not exactly as kind. An institution of film for the last 20 years, “Spinal Tap” has a 96 percent Fresh rating. The critics on Rotten Tomatoes give a 55 percent fresh rating for “I’m Still Here”. Many of the critiques have two things in common. Joaquin Phoenix can’t behave himself, keep from doing drugs, and Casey Affleck did not do a good job filming it or putting it together. Joaquin Phoenix’s sister, Summer, happens to be married to Casey Affleck, who is Ben Affleck’s younger brother.
That’s a rap folks
This film cannot be about a pre-eminent rapper about to make it large, because he has not; however rather it is about a talented individual who left a successful career behind and is about to implode. The subject of the movie is self destructing. Sadly, schadenfreude sells pretty well. Many reviewers have brought up that drugs and insanity killed River Phoenix, Joaquin’s older brother. Joaquin Phoenix may be headed in that direction.
Roger Bert
rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100907/REVIEWS/100909992
Rotten Tomatoes
rottentomatoes.com/m/im_still_here_the_lost_year_of_joaquin_phoenix/
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