A physiological thriller that leaves you wanting more from Joker

Rating: 8/10 (5 October 2019)

In summary this film was enjoyable and felt like something I haven't seen that frequent coming out of Hollywood.
It's effectively a character building thriller that takes you on an emotional exploration of the most famous Villian in DC history. The tone of the film is very slow and dark, it takes time to draw you into Arthur's life so that you can 'relate' to him and understand why he makes the decisions or acts in the way he does. This happens for the first hour of the movie before the pace quickens and the audience get what they came for - a dark DC character losing his mind and inflicting pain on anyone who disagrees with him.
Joaquin is very good in it and the holes in the story line that are encountered throughout you almost forgive because of his fantastic performance.
The only major criticisms for me was the involvement of the Wayne family felt forced. I don't think a single person in the cinema thought he was Bruce's brother so it didn't need to be his motive for finally pushing over the edge and going insane. Him being lied to by his mother following being treated badly by everyone would of been a fine way to progress the character to breaking point.
It also had a massive political agenda behind the rise of the Joker which felt flat. Gotham always had problems, Arthur Fleck shouldn't of been an influence at that level - it should of been as he became the crime lord that he gained support and appreciation from others.
Please don't let Robert Pattinson anywhere near this movie.
8/10 for me and will watch again when released from cinema.