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joker: Folie to Deuxa sequel to the 2019 Joaquin Phoenix film, scored an unfavorable score on Rotten Tomatoes as more critics issued their reviews for the film.
Initial reactions to its premiere at the Venice Film Festival in September were mixed, with some calling it “genius” or “disingenuous” and others finding it “boring” and “exhausting.”
Among the critics who praised the film was: The IndependentJeffrey McNab, who gave a four-star verdict, wrote: “The darkness at the film’s heart is underscored by its utterly brutal ending, which rejects comic book conventions in favor of psychological depth.
“Phoenix’s performance remains powerful and exciting as well. The genius of it is that we can’t help but care about Arthur despite his need and confusion.
The film, a musical in which Lady Gaga plays the Joker’s girlfriend and love interest, Harley Quinn, has a modest early score on Rotten Tomatoes of 61 percent, Rotten Tomatoes reported. Forbesand positioned it as having the same widely ridiculed outcome Black Adam.
This percentage has now decreased to only 39 percent, as the majority of critics put the introduction to the story, songs, and the much-talked-about ending.
The consensus review on Rotten Tomatoes at the time of writing is: “Joaquin Phoenix’s eponymous Joker takes the stand in a sequel that dances while the story stays grounded, though Lady Gaga’s wild-card energy gives Folie la deux Some liveliness.”
New York Times Critic Manohia Dargis wrote: “The big non-news about… Folly Dukes “It’s a half-baked, half-excited musical complete with one star who can sing, Lady Gaga as Lee Quinzel aka Harley Quinn, and another star (Phoenix) who can’t or won’t.”
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Richard Roper Chicago Sun-Times He said in his review: “There’s always a Joker, there’s always a Joker – but unless he turns into something bigger, bolder and more outrageous, it starts to feel like we’ve seen this show before, just without the musical numbers.”
Kevin Maher’s The times He described the film as “messy, lifeless, and derivative, which is exactly what you’d expect from a film that doesn’t want or need to exist.”
Saw more positive reviews for Danny Lee’s Financial Times He called her “less hateful than her predecessors” while Ireland RTE He said: “The film is easily claustrophobic, dreamily undramatic, and that’s all the better for it.”
The film is set to be the last for Phoenix’s Joker. After the premiere, a reporter asked Phoenix about his weight loss during the film, which he said was more “complicated” than it was in the 2019 original film.
For the first Joker, Phoenix lost 52 pounds to achieve the main character’s lean appearance and achieved this by eating a diet consisting primarily of steamed vegetables and lettuce.
Phoenix was reluctant to reveal specific details about his diet this time, telling reporters: “I’m not going to talk about the details of the diet.”
However, he said losing weight “seemed a little more complicated” for the sequel “because there was a lot of dance rehearsal we were doing, which I didn’t do last time.”
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