Loner Murder Fantasy

Rating: 5/10 (10 October 2019)

When I heard about the fears about the possibility of violence at the opening of this movie, I thought "there's no way it's actually as much as a wet dream as people think it is." Welp, it is.
Arthur has no redeeming qualities. Taking care of your mom and weirdly bathing her does not a relatable character make. His "descent in to madness" is shallow because he was there the whole time - his psychosis/hallucinations were not new given that he had already been institutionalized before the events of the movie. Arthur's pain is used to justify his atrocities and with no redeeming qualities it is kind of gross at how many people see him as a "relatable" character.
Turns out the guy who thinks PC culture is ruining comedy still thinks it's funny to make fun of little people. Shocking.
If you want better depictions of mental illness then watch Netflix's Maniac or Amazon's Undone.