Heartbreaking and Disturbing at the same time

Rating: 10/10 (8 October 2019)

Within the first few minutes you can't help but feel empathy for Arthur, it's heartbreaking to watch the world be so cruel to him and for him to not fit anywhere. The movie takes you on a journey of feeling sad then to feeling disturbed as Arthur devolves into Joker. At the beginning of the movie he states he did best in hospital care, which is where he should've stayed. This is a movie about how society turns its back on people with mental illness and disabilities, giving them no place in this world and making them feel alone and isolated, which is absolutely heartbreaking. Joaquin Phoenix is brilliant and he deserves to win an award for his performance. If you don't want to watch some of the disturbing stuff, you can cover your eyes like I did, it's pretty obvious when it's about to happen so you can look away if prefer.