Overhyped, underdelivered

Rating: 6/10 (6 October 2019)

The pacing of the movie is incredibly slow for the first hour as the movie tries its hardest to humanise Joaquin's character and elicit sympathy from the audience. It gets repetitive as the same themes are drilled over and over again. The manic laugh was haunting the first couple of times. Then it gets really old, really fast to the point that it loses all its intended impact. The makeup and wardrobe choice for The Joker is just far too comical for it to be believable and to have that edginess that would complement the character. It's not all entirely bad, there are a couple of good moments towards the end which I won't divulge but save to say, they are just enough to bring this movie just above a mediocre watch.