Perhaps less hilarious the second time than when i saw it in theaters, but it remains a brave and audacious piece of work. Phoenix's "performance" really is insane and completely amazing, and Affleck pulls off a better "fake documentary" behind the camera than many who try. There are an endless amount of films probing the fiction/reality divide and celebrity culture, but that doesn't prevent the film from raising interesting issues. That it doesn't pretend to "shed light" on them is irrelevant.

Disturbing, to say at least.

Not the rumination on celebrity culture that it seemingly wants to be (unless the intention was to simply fuck with the audience), but I have to give credit to Phoenix for his commitment. He never shies away from making a complete fool of himself, and the result is sometimes awkwardly hilarious.

This was fucking hillarious !!! ... but lets be serious for a minute. This may be one of the best performances of our times. I rather watch this than Borat, but maybe it's not a good comparison.

Most amusing.

Genuinely strange "documentary" showing Phoenix in a savage and ugly fall from grace and sanity. The issue of "hoax or not" is irrelevant; one can't imagine it does wonders for Phoenix's (or Affleck's) reputation either way you cut it, as Phoenix's behaviour is *so* peculiar. A certain amount of respect must go to Phoenix for his willingness to commit to what appears to be a fictional version of himself, but the actual point and relevance of the film remains a mystery. And lay off Danny DeVito!!

Just not that fun to watch. The show at the club at the end is great but with the admittance of this being a hoax right off the bat it came off as a long, drawn out joke told to you by a racy uncle.

I'm Still Here starts out as an interesting exploration of the celebrity culture, and the treatment of celebrities by the media, but seems to lose its focus over the course of the film, ending on an oddly lazy-feeling ambiguous note. There are some great moments, such as Phoenix reaction to himself on Letterman, and his visit to P Diddy, but they're accompanied by pointless scenes. Still Here doesn't fall completely short, nor does it feel like a complete, satisfying film when the credits roll.

This movie had so much potential...

Shockingly incoherent mockumentary. Phoenix acts his socks off, but there seems to be no reason, and little sense in why he wants to be a rapper - or why that path makes him deteriorate completely. The media criticism feels stale and disengaging, mostly because Affleck is obsessed with introducing uncomfortable scenes, leaving no room for sympathy or afterthought. So here's an advice I never thought I'd give anyone: Casey, maybe you should ask your brother how to direct...

I don't know about this movie...

This film is an interesting experiment. There are some slow moments but overall I would recommend this movie. It is interesting look at being a celebrity and the plus and minuses that go with being famous.

"The crux of I'm Still Here is the same as the one central to most of Lars von Trier's filmic pranks: How far can one mess with one's audience while feigning sincerity?" - Simon Abrams

An amazing meta-film that calls attention to the absurdity of film--the absurdity of caring about fictional characters more than you care about real people--the absurdity of escapism in the fiction of another's reality. Absolutely brilliant satire.

Even knowing the truth it still works as an interesting character study. Has a lot of pacing issues that had me checking the time a lot, but still has some incredible moments.

I'm glad that this was a hoax, but I can't help thinking that Joaquin probably acts similarly in real life (eccentric and moody).

This would have been much better if it was about JP's ability to convince Hollywood of his career change and about the obsessive nature of people with celebrity lives. What we're left with is sort of partially about that but with too much obnoxious overacting.

The major fault with this film was the admittance that it was actually an act of fiction merely days after its release. Although, the film does bring to the light the unwillingness of most people to try and intervene in the apparent melt-down of a well known social figure. Rather, expose the life of a person, a person with a past well acquainted with derailment and capitalize on the public-atrophy, on show, so to speak.

An inspired piece of trolling that STILL has people guessing even after it was announced as a mockumentary, so dedicated was Phoenix's performance. There are great laughs here, pathos. Phoenix has real balls to mess with the celeb system so badly, I hope it doesn't kill his career.

This has teached me 1 thing... if your famous and you really go out of control a lot of people actually encourage it instead of helping...

Spent too much time crafting the hoax and too little crafting the film.

Hoax or not, it's brilliant either way. If it's indeed a hoax then Joaquin is a truly amazing actor. He plays his part brilliantly, especially the Letterman interview. A truly amazing performance. It does a great job of showing the fickle nature of the media and people. If it's all true then it's a really disturbing story of a man making a fool out of himself, with his friends just standing by and encouraging him. I don't really like rap music but I'd buy his album.

One of the all-time greatest performances I've ever seen. Will be brought down due to the controversial nature of the film. Fucking Brilliant.

The whole experience is unique. It touches so many things in popular culture while showing you a performance of a lifetime.

It doesn't matter whether it's fake, people. If Phoenix's performance on Letterman is fake, it's no less fake than the hundreds of performances preceding it. Phoenix and Affleck purposefully blur the lines between actor and role and imply that identity, divorced from performance, is nothing; here's a man sick of playing a commodity but who, once he stops, loses his semblance of self entirely. I'm Still Here rages irreverently against the intangibility & fleetingness at the heart of the self.

Easy one of my favourite films of the year. I was totally fooled by the act. I was actually looking forward to the album haha. A great thought provoker on our addiction to celebrities and what little sympathy we give them when they make mistakes. (It had already been announced as a mockumentary on the night of my viewing.)

This film looks unpolished and amateur but for what it's worth, Joaquin Phoenix does a damn good job of entertaining us with his rapping. Am I the only one who thinks his raps aren't half bad?

If Phoenix thinks that's anyone's Id unleashed, then he deserves all the shit coming his way, including this home video.

There's two components to this film. There's the brilliant performance by Phoenix which deserves significant recognition but likely won't get it. And then there's the exploration of human nature; the way the media and the general populace treat him is astoundingly ravenous, almost as though they root for his failure so that they can have a bigger headline. It doesn't matter that it's a hoax. He still caught the world with its pants down.

JP completely trolled us hard and put on one of the greatest, most elaborate hoaxes of all time. He dedicated himself and sacrificed an entire year of his life to play this part. You can actually tell at certain points he truly believes in what he's doing. I'm Still Here gives us a very unique perspective of the carnival that is Hollywood and stardom, while one man at the top of his career can step back and remove himself from the equation just to fuck with it. Genius...

Real or not real; it was just incredibly boring.

Okay, so we knew it was a hoax all along, right? That doesn't mean it isn't an interesting experiment, though, and, even though the end result is less than stellar, I admire Phoenix's dedication.

The only reason I like this as much as I do is because of the parallels to Andy Kaufman, anyone who can pull off a Kaufman routine for an entire year is A-OK in my book. The mockumentary itself is so-so in just about every regard except for Phoenix himself, who is excellent in this movie about himself (but it's not really).

Not so great as all ye say. An amazing marketing scheme, a lousy film.

A mockumentary in the vein of Borat, with less laughs-per-minute. There are some moments I laughed, like with the Ben Stiller appearance, but overall it's not that great, and felt longer than it should be. I thought the last shot was great, however, so it ended on an okay note.

i got rick rolle'd.

This movie was surprisingly awesome, can't believe more people didn't love it. So over the top, funny and strange it's hard not to love and knowing that he was just fucking with us all the entire time makes it even better. JP has some sick rhymes fo real. My favorite scenes are when he orders the hookers, gets into a fight at the rap concert and gets pooped on. Best actor of 2010: Joaquin Phoenix.

Featuring a truly incredible display of acting and grand reflections on celebrity, self, and sniffing butt holes.

How awesome would it be to get life advice from Edward James Almos? Highlight of the film. I sort of wish this was real so that we'd have footage of some gay dude taking a shit on Joaquin Phonix's face while he was passed out. Oh well.

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