This is as good as acting gets

Rating: 10/10 (24 November 2019)

I've never written here; I've been moved enough by other films, but this one moves me just a bit further.
Joaquin Phoenix is certifiably one of the greatest of all time. I've rarely seen a performance on par with Daniel Day Lewis, but he equals him in this role, and I've never seen ANYONE equal the talent of Lewis, who before I saw this was far and away the greatest in my opinion.
There are lines and parts of scenes in this film that haunt me still, and I saw this a month ago.
"Why would I steal his sign" is one of those, and it is delivered in a way that is indescribably pitiful, and hopeless and simultaneously genuine and pertinent. It haunts me. That character haunts me.
This is definitely one of the greatest performances, if not the greatest performance by an actor in film history.