Why so serious?

Rating: 3/10 (13 October 2019)

Bleak, rarely entertaining, unoriginal, didn't know what it wanted to be. Was it all a dream in the end? When the lights came on in the cinema you could sense the disappointment in the audience. Stony silence. Wish I trusted my gut and didn't go. Just re-watch Heath Ledger's Joker again, honestly. At least it tries to balance art with entertainment, and doesn't just sink into the depths of pretentiousness. Phoenix does his best, but between this and: You were never really here, he needs to lighten it up a bit. Commodus in Gladiator was more interesting and well rounded.