Gripping Movie

Rating: 8/10 (15 January 2020)

Joker is quite an enthralling movie. Joaquin Phoenix' performance is fantastic. He creates a chilling and sympathetic character of Walter Fleck. You can feel badly for him because he is a product of the environment he grew up in and how he was raised. And while that doesn't excuse the characters actions you can still feel for him as he is going through hardship and unraveling secrets about himself and who he is.
While there are some more "well known" characters I felt could have been left out and it wouldn't have hurt the story, their inclusion didn't distract from the story being told.
I would definetly suggest giving it a watch while being keen on the idea of reality, as our main character is am unreliable narrator.
It is a shame though that major media wanted this to fail and tried to force a particular narrative upon it. But it ultimately had not affect which is fortunate.