Hard not to say "Wow!" out loud in the theater!

Rating: 10/10 (5 October 2019)

Now I get the hype. There are two sides to this movie. Firstly, this feels like more than a film. It's an indictment of our ineffectiveness in addressing the mental illness in our society today. The dark places so many people are falling into with no lifeline to get out.
The other side is the incredible achievement of art. Rare is it today that Hollywood has flushed out the why and how of a character that we are placed right in the passenger seat of this speeding out of control vehicle of a film with no way to hit the brakes, and we don't want to. A front row seat to the building of madness and it's beautiful. The locations and production design are only topped by the cinematography. From the shot of a badly beaten Arthur to him emerging from a dark hall into the light of Day is breathtaking all the way to the end. A fantastic achievement that deserves all the accolades I'm sure it will garner.