Compelling, but ultimately disappointing.

Rating: 6/10 (6 October 2019)

This character study, mainly the focus of the origins and psyche of the popular comic book villain doesnt quite work for me , apart from some good acting performances and a well written script, the picture is a little boring and pretentious, we all know the joker is crazy but this portrayal is too grim and feels too detached from the DC universe, nothing wrong with leaf pheonix performance of the joker ,its different and interesting but too dark for a comic book villain , for some reason this film brought the machinist (christian bale )to mind , but despite the actors great efforts id say its the most unmemorable performance of the actors who portrayed the villain over the years. The movie is like a cross of the king of comedy (1982) and taxi driver(1976) both scorsese and deniro movies , ironically de niro co stars in this.
Could be pretty good if you watch it with an open mind ,it offers something a bit different in this genre but this addition doesnt work for me 6/10 so... so