I'm Still Here: The Lost Year of Joaquin Phoenix (2010)

Joaquin Phoenix has succeeded in being even more obnoxious that ever before.  I've always had a soft spot for this jerk because of his role in one of my favourite films of all times: Gladiator.  As Commodus, he was perfectly cold and calculating.  Brilliant performances in Walk the Line, Two Lovers and Return to Paradise lends me to defend his ‘obnoxious’ title.  But after this self-absorbed mess-terpiece, Joaquin is on his own.


Whether I’m Still Here is a calculated hoax or an exercise in narcissism, that’s for the viewer to decide.  As I see it, narcissism doesn’t even begin to cover it.