Joker is a masterpiece

Rating: 10/10 (14 October 2019)

Forget about Marvel's summer blockbusters: Joker is not a superhero (or supervillain) flick.
It is a love letter to 1970s' and Martin Scorcese's cinema, and more especially The King of Comedy (1982), whose script Joker draws heavily upon. I strongly advise viewers to watch the two films one after the other to appreciate the influence Scorcese had on Phillips. You just have to consider these two films as twins, Joker being the deformed, nevrotic sibling of The King of Comedy.
Phillips' movie also presents an economic and social panorama of the end of 1970s America - although some might say this comment may still be true nowadays.
Phoenix is incredible: his performance is a real tour de force, an Oscar-winning one.
Of course, one could point out one or two flaws in the film, but overall Joker is the masterpiece everyone was waiting for.