10 Performances That Changed Your Mind About Actors You Hate In 2017
8. Joaquin Phoenix - You Were Never Really Here
There are film fans who still haven't forgiven Joaquin Phoenix for duping them with his faux music career, which turned out to be part of a performance art project.
The actor's career took a weirdy, beardy nosedive after his impressive outing as country singer Johnny Cash in Walk the Line, and his star power seemed to have diminished, but that didn't stop him from delivering what might be the greatest performance of his career in Lynne Ramsay's You Were Never Really Here.
The movie, which sees Phoenix take on the role of a hitman who uncovers a conspiracy while trying to rescue a young girl from a prostitution ring, has been described as a powerful, cinematic gut-punch in the vein of Taxi Driver.
Phoenix excels in the role of the damaged anti-hero protagonist, and he received a seven-minute standing ovation for his performance when the film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in May last year.