![]() Joker is a bad movie, yes: It’s predictable, clichéd, deeply derivative of other, better movies, and overwritten to the point of self-parody. What he delivers is less a performance than a display of his bag of actorly tricks-and they’re pretty wonderful, but they adorn a character who’s an empty framework, and, to all appearances, empty by design, for fear of alienating the target audience. Phoenix, alternately brooding and exulting, dancing extravagantly in his underwear or in a resplendent costume or seething with rage, cringing with horror, or camping it up with an affected accent, isn’t so much unhinged as unmotivated and, to all appearances, undirected. However, here's what some of the reviewers who weren't so amazed had to say. For most critics, it's a gamble that paid off, with particular praise directed at Phoenix's performance and the film's impressive cinematography. ![]() Of course, it's true that Joker wasn't designed to be a traditional comic book movie, and the differing reactions are to be expected since the movie doesn't exactly play things safe, particularly with its depiction of controversial issues. Related: Joker’s Reviews Already Prove Rotten Tomatoes Is Still Broken
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