Bleak & depressing

Rating: 1/10 (3 October 2019)

We all know that Joaquin Phoenix plays sicko characters like Commodus and others very well. So there were no surprising revelations of his talent in Joker - more like: 'here we go again!' His Ma played by Frances Conroy looked old enough to be his sister so that part was a bit implausible. I found the lack of action/excitement so tedious I walked out just as the height-challenged character was struggling to get out of Arthur's slaughterhouse. The rave reviews and high IMDb rating convinced me this would be a great, entertaining movie. It was so NOT