`` I 'm Still Here '' follows Joaquin Phoenix 's self-righteous retirement from acting . In the movie , Phoenix is a slurry , bloated shell of his former self . He has no idea what he wants to do with himself and how to get there.
`` I 'm Still Here '' follows Joaquin Phoenix 's self-righteous retirement from acting . In the movie , Phoenix is a slurry , bloated shell of his former self . The film 's unflinching honesty is , in the end , its own justification .