A golem for the ugly present.

Rating: 10/10 (11 February 2020)

Now that's the direction DC should head: deep into the darkness of the human psyche. I mean don't get me wrong, I love all the MARVEL movies but DC always had that darkness in its heart. Joaquin Phoenix's (well deserved) Oscar-winning performance as Arthur Fleck - thanks to a very carefully crafted script, led us by the hand, showing us how such a golem can be conjured up and moulded by its environment, and even as it is being created it is aware that what it is being turned into is the very thing it railed against.