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Joker

Name: Joker
Director: Todd Phillips
Genre: Crime, Thriller, Drama
Released: 2019
Duration: 122 min
Rating: 69

Todd Phillips · 2019 · 122m · Crime, Thriller, Drama

During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure.

69%

Critics

90%

Audience

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you want the most committed, most disturbing performance in superhero film history

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you need your superhero films to be fun

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ScorecardThe Multi-Axis Verdict

Worth Your Time

8/10

Fun Factor

3/10

Originality

7/10

Visual Craft

9/10

Pretension Index

7/10

Rewatchability

4/10

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CastThe Players

as Arthur Fleck

Joaquin Phoenix

"Is it just me, or is it getting crazier out there?"

in character

as Murray Franklin

Robert De Niro

"I worked my whole life, I don't apologize, to take care of my family."

in character

as Sophie Dumond

Zazie Beetz

as Penny Fleck

Frances Conroy

as Thomas Wayne

Brett Cullen

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