DC digging a long term hole for itself

Rating: 6/10 (28 December 2019)

Great acting and great cinematography so would have given an 8 or 9 if there were no references to the Batman universe. Wholly agree with another reviewer who suggested this could have been called "The Clown". But as The Joker the linkage to the Batman universe was poor and felt like a rushed afterthought, with complete disregard to the comic history of one of Batman's biggest nemesis.
If DC continues down the route of permitting use of its rights to films that disregard its universe, then long term fans like myself (over 40 years for me) will walk.