Joker

Rating: 7/10 (4 October 2019)

A very serious look at how the famous comic book character came into being. Starting with personal failures and challenges, the character (Phoenix), through an act of violence inadvertently causes social change that slowly but surely brings things to their inevitable explosive and violent conclusion.
Often slow and very intense, but never boring, the whole, beautifully filmed exercise completely revolves around Phoenix and his extraordinary performance. A unique film to be sure and one to watch - but not a little troubling.