I'm Still Here (I) (2010)
6/10
Joaquin Phoenix on a Whole New Level
14 November 2012
Normally I start a review with the plot. Let me share what another writer used as their description of the plot. The Los Angeles Times reported that the film featured "more male frontal nudity than you'd find in some gay porn films and a stomach-turning sequence in which someone feuding with Phoenix defecates on the actor while he's asleep". Also, we have Phoenix "snorting cocaine, ordering call girls, having oral sex with a publicist, treating his assistants abusively and rapping badly." That about sums it up.

I really hope Sean "Diddy" Combs was not in on this, because his reaction to Phoenix's music is hilarious. He is so appalled by the lack of talent. I love seeing him take his business so seriously, so if he is just acting, that is unfortunate. Of course, that could also mean he is a good actor... hmmm...

Letterman was allegedly not in on the joke... and wow, is that an uncomfortable interview. I am not sure what was more awkward... Phoenix's silence or Letterman's jabs.

Phoenix does a good job pretending to be an arrogant jerk. Perhaps too good... I almost have to wonder.
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