Halfway there

Rating: 7/10 (3 October 2019)

If you are coming here expecting to see prequel to the joker immortalised by Heath ledger this movie is half way there. This movie is not remotely as entertaining as Dark knight, instead it's a character study of joker.
This movie tries to answer why joker is the way he is. And it accomplishes it to a certain extent. What it doesn't manage to do that well is for the audience to empathize with the protagonist. Joker in the dark knight is possibly the most likeable super villain, the way he managed to captivate the audience. This movie doesn't do a great job of that. After watching you would be left wondering whether you should be on the side of the joker.
Instead this movie has a taxi driver feel to it.