Dark and Decent

Rating: 8/10 (10 October 2019)

I will desist from intellectualizing this review by pretending to talk about socio-political aspects of this movie. Nor shall I try to draw comparisons between the film and other Bat-verse features.
The long and short of it is that Joker is a well made movie, that owes much to a fine display of acting by Phoenix who plays the eponymous Joker. To be sure, one can catch a glimpse of his potential in Gladiator where he played a similar unbalanced character.
Even if one disregards the macro-mythology around the Joker and his deeds, the film comes across as a good stand alone venture.
There are times when one can accuse Pheonix of over doing it, but then psychosis is never easy to portray. And there is nothing definitive about it.
The movie gets pretty violent, which is something in vogue these days. However, it is the passive exhibition of anger and frustration that makes the film menacingly tense.
This movie is definitely worth a watch.