It's the movie we deserve...

Rating: 8/10 (9 October 2019)

...but not the one we need right now.
Taking a page out of Nolan's iconic The Dark Knight just because of how apt it fits this Joker film. The film rattles you to your core and it's scarier than some of the latest big horror films simply because of the sheer relatability of it all.
Yes, this film could very well be the prologue (quite loosely put) to the Dark Knight trilogy and yes, Joaquin Phoenix has paid a sensational homage to Heath Ledger's forever legendary role as the Joker, deftly pushing the viewers to empathize with him throughout his depressing origin story.
However, we don't need another film about the Joker just less than a decade after families lost their loved ones to an actual mass murderer who gunned them down after being inspired by the Joker himself, the perp himself still able to enjoy living the rest of his life behind bars.
We just don't need a film humanizing serial killers and mass murderers. Not at a time when the US mass gun shootings are still a persistent and contentious issue.