Magnificent

Rating: 10/10 (26 December 2019)

Everything about this film is just superb. The atmosphere, the photography, the pace and story itself but last and certainly not least Joaquin Phoenix.
His performance is mesmerising and amazing. His body, thin and contorted, his face, his eyes... Although he's acting it never feels fake and every inch of his body is telling the story. It could almost be a silent movie and you would still get it.
It is an origins film but it could easily stand on it's own as the close up story of a man's descent into madness.
It is haunting and a masterpiece.