The struggles of Mental Illness and how someone can make a situation worse for themselves without knowing it

Rating: 10/10 (15 October 2019)

Joker is a fantastic movie that properly portrays a severely mentally ill person, and shows the rise in power this person has in the influence he has and the downfall of his mental state. The closest thing I can truly make a comparison to would be Death Note (2006), where it follows a Japanese high school student who is a psychopath who manipulates and kills his way into power, gaining more influence by the day, while also displaying his downfall into insanity. Joker isn't a movie trying to make a political statement and is simply telling the story about how this one guy became The Joker. It's unsettling and disturbing but also intriguing and thought provoking, due to how well and realistic is portrays its events. I definitely wouldn't recommend this movie to a audience younger than 16 just due to how heavy some topics are but it's an incredible movie that is also great character study.