wwgt Watching this again in 2017 I remember hearing oh ..JP is retiring etc. I have had so many laughs watching this movie. What a stunt. The scene with P. Diddy and the awkwardness is pure 100 % comedy gold. I don't see how they kept a straight face filming. The " fight " with the crowd...awesome. They must have had a lot of fun. I am sure Andy Kaufman would have approved of this 100 % I don't understand the bad reviews, but thank goodness Netflix is hosting it. Kudos to all involved in the " project"

dragokin I understand that the stars playing in Hollywood's major league need time to decompress from fame and limelight. With some help of Casey Affleck, Joaquin Phoenix was able to kill two birds with one stone: He actually went berserk in his free time and made a movie out of it.Back in the day the news about Joaquin Phoenix retiring from acting in order to concentrate on career in rap music was a surprise. Now, of course, we know this has been a hoax.My problem here was not this film's contents rather it's lack of direction. It remains unclear to me whether I'm Still Here is a mockumentary, an experiment or a rather unconventional psychotherapy for Joaquin Phoenix.

Dirk Krop The fact that this is a fake documentary makes it even worse.Why do we need this waste of celluloid to prove that actors (and other celebs for that matter) can be whining, self-absorbed diva's without any grasp on reality? We already knew that, didn't we? So there you have it; Joaquin crying about fame. Joaquin crying about being misunderstood. Joacquin crying about not being taken seriously. Joacquin crying about people not appreciating his musical talent. Joacquin crying about talk show hosts making fun of his scruffy appearance. And this goes on and on and on.I could be missing the point (or the punchline?). It could be satire and Joaquin is trying to tell us that celebrities should NOT act this way. But then again, he could have just said so and point out any episode of "Keeping up with the Kardasians". So whether Joaquin is playing himself or some made up character, this flick is a tedious bit of rubbish....

Argemaluco I don't know whether anyone took Joaquin Phoenix seriously some years ago, when he announced his retirement from acting in order to become a rap (or hip hop, or whatever) singer. Independently from his null musical talent, the simple fact that he was simultaneously making a documentary about his transition manifested a transparent desire to create controversy, and maybe satirize the "celebrity culture", made popular many years ago by Abbie Hoffman (1936-1989), Andy Kaufman (1949-1984) and other "culture jammers". However, in that pre-Internet era, it was easier to cheat the media with irreverent "performances" which denounced the superficiality from culture and the dominion of the marketing over the consumers' mind...but in this time of Twitter, "blogosphere" and continuous informatics immersion, it's more difficult to keep the illusion of seriousness, specially considering that Phoenix's "metamorphosis" was so extreme and unexpected. That's why I wasn't interested in watching the mentioned "documentary", titled I'm Still Here, but anyway...I found it on a TV channel and I had some free time, so I decided to leave my prejudices aside and watch it. Unfortunately, the experience ended up being intolerable.The worst thing of all is that Phoenix and director Casey Affleck probably had the intention of making an intelligent satire about the cult to the celebrity, the actors who pretend to become singers overnight, the celebrities who psychologically crumble in front of the paparazzi cameras, and the people who delight themselves watching their idols falling. Unfortunately, I'm Still Here lacks of a comprehensible structure, or a specific focus. This film is basically composed by the home videos of an idiot with a lot of money, a lot of fame, and many "yes men" (and "yes women") who accept his stupid whims simply because he's famous. This is exactly the reason why I don't watch any reality shows, and I think the formula doesn't improve at all simply because the protagonist is an acclaimed actor. And well, let's not even talk about the quality of the making; I'm Still Here couldn't have looked cheaper and more improvised.And the least I say about Phoenix's songs, the better; they are genuinely horrible. So, in conclusion, I'm Still Here is an atrocious film, and instead of watching this piece of junk, I recommend you any of the excellent films in which Phoenix has been involved, such as Signs, Gladiator or U-Turn.