Joker: Folie à Deux
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While struggling with his dual identity, Arthur Fleck not only stumbles upon true love, but also finds the music that's always been inside him.
What critics thought
A rare sequel that critics largely rejected as a creative miscalculation, 'Folie à Deux' divides on almost every front: whether its courtroom-musical hybrid is bold or merely tedious, whether Phoenix's deliberately muted performance is disciplined or stifling, and whether Gaga's presence elevates or is squandered by the material. The minority who admired it saw a genuinely daring swing away from crowd-pleasing comfort; the majority found it punishingly inert, with a wafer-thin story and musical numbers that fail to ignite.
“the whole movie finally turns out to be oppressively, claustrophobically and repetitively becalmed in that oddly unreal Gotham-universe jail with Phoenix and Gaga kept apart for long periods”
Peter Bradshaw·The Guardian
“such a dour, unpleasant slog that it is hard to know why it was made or for whom”
Manohla Dargis·The New York Times
“perversely denies audiences everything they've been conditioned to want from it; gently at first, and then later with the unmistakable hostility of a knife to the gut”
David Ehrlich·IndieWire
“it was "the most interesting film about Arthur Fleck. It's genuinely a little daring, genuinely a little challenging, and genuinely a little genuine”
William Bibbiani·TheWrap
“Laudable as the intentions of Folie à Deux may be, it feels thoughtfully but tiresomely stuck in the past”
KQED-FM
Parents guide
- Violence
- severe
- Sex
- moderate
- Profanity
- severe
- Substances
- moderate
- Intensity
- moderate
Genres
Drama, Crime, Thriller
Cast & Crew
Todd PhillipsDirector
Joaquin PhoenixArthur Fleck
Lady GagaLee Quinzel
Brendan GleesonJackie Sullivan
Catherine KeenerMaryanne Stewart
Zazie BeetzSophie Dumond
Steve CooganPaddy Meyers
Harry LawteyHarvey Dent
Leigh GillGary Puddles
Ken LeungDr. Victor Liu
Jacob LoflandRicky Meline
Bill SmitrovichJudge Herman Rothwax
Sharon WashingtonDebra Kane
Hildur GuðnadóttirComposer
Scott SilverWriter
Lawrence SherCinematographyJoker: Folie à Deux
While struggling with his dual identity, Arthur Fleck not only stumbles upon true love, but also finds the music that's always been inside him.
What critics thought
A rare sequel that critics largely rejected as a creative miscalculation, 'Folie à Deux' divides on almost every front: whether its courtroom-musical hybrid is bold or merely tedious, whether Phoenix's deliberately muted performance is disciplined or stifling, and whether Gaga's presence elevates or is squandered by the material. The minority who admired it saw a genuinely daring swing away from crowd-pleasing comfort; the majority found it punishingly inert, with a wafer-thin story and musical numbers that fail to ignite.
“the whole movie finally turns out to be oppressively, claustrophobically and repetitively becalmed in that oddly unreal Gotham-universe jail with Phoenix and Gaga kept apart for long periods”
Peter Bradshaw·The Guardian
“such a dour, unpleasant slog that it is hard to know why it was made or for whom”
Manohla Dargis·The New York Times
“perversely denies audiences everything they've been conditioned to want from it; gently at first, and then later with the unmistakable hostility of a knife to the gut”
David Ehrlich·IndieWire
“it was "the most interesting film about Arthur Fleck. It's genuinely a little daring, genuinely a little challenging, and genuinely a little genuine”
William Bibbiani·TheWrap
“Laudable as the intentions of Folie à Deux may be, it feels thoughtfully but tiresomely stuck in the past”
KQED-FM
Parents guide
- Violence
- severe
- Sex
- moderate
- Profanity
- severe
- Substances
- moderate
- Intensity
- moderate
Genres
Drama, Crime, Thriller
Cast & Crew
Todd PhillipsDirectorJoaquin PhoenixArthur FleckLady GagaLee QuinzelBrendan GleesonJackie SullivanCatherine KeenerMaryanne StewartZazie BeetzSophie DumondSteve CooganPaddy MeyersHarry LawteyHarvey DentLeigh GillGary PuddlesKen LeungDr. Victor LiuJacob LoflandRicky MelineBill SmitrovichJudge Herman RothwaxSharon WashingtonDebra KaneHildur GuðnadóttirComposerScott SilverWriterLawrence SherCinematographyStream
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