Wednesday, March 18, 2020

Such a happy little boy

Everyone has raved over this to hell and back, so I figured - and kinda hoped - it could never fulfill the expectations. But. Joker is exceptionally good. It's tragic. It's violent. It's grotesque, disturbing and sadistic. Built beautifully and subtly towards explosive hysteria. And, boy, Joaquin Phoenix, does he deliver.

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