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Movie Review Joker Folie a Deux

Joker Folie a Deux 

Directed by Todd Phillips

Written by Todd Phillips 

Starring Joaquin Phoenix, Lady Gaga, Catherine Keener 

Release Date October 4th, 1980

Published October 4th, 1980 



I was not a fan of 2019’s Joker. I felt the film was nihilistic and wallowed in the misery of the main character while trying to provoke audiences in the same way edgy teens provoke their elders on social media. The film proceeds with a presumed cool that never emerges in the actual film, as if Todd Phillips were assuming we were all in agreement with his vision of this D.C Comics super-villain as an aggrieved incel out for revenge against a world that rejected him: i.e Elliott Rogers mythologized as a legendary troll. The film was like a bad subreddit come to life. 

Now, however, after getting a look at Todd Phillips complete vision of the character of Arthur Fleck in Joker Folie a Deux, I have to admit, I was wrong about Joker. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t think Joker is good on its own, it’s plagued by Phillips' desperate desire for us to feel as disillusioned and disconnected from reality as Arthur is. Phillips’ mix of Arthur’s reality and his fantasy is muddled in a fashion that is more confounding than it is revealing of Arthur’s character. But, now, with Joker Folie a Deux, I’m convinced that Todd Phillips has pulled off an elaborate prank that I find genuinely funny, even as I am very much among those who fell for it.

Find my full length review at Geeks.Media, linked here. 



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