A Messy Life, So, She Mopped the Floor.

Rating: 8/10 (10 June 2017)

"...it is equally possible that she is a fatally flawed underachiever, doomed to a lifetime of failure, disappointment, unfulfilled expectations".
I get why this movie has a 60% rating from audience and critics alike, however, something too great to ignore resonated with me, amid the film's irregularities and foolishness. Lines like the one above, in conjunction with it's somewhat uncommon approach, somehow melded well with me, and spoke to me.
Yeah sure, there are things in this movie that just have you questioning, how or why; like Todd's mistake on live television. Why and how do you go on live television to sell a product you aren't as familiar with as you should be, then as a professional TV personality, handle that situation so appallingly? Trudy, poor, poor Trudy. It was just supposed to be a date with the old man. However, within all these "whys", I felt myself also asking; Why not?!
Perhaps if this film wasn't based on true events, it would seem a bit too far fetched and disingenuous, but it was. True, being a bio is no licence to warp reality, but personally, I feel Joy captured enough actual real life realism and chaos, while not losing sight of the entertainment factor, and still remaining adequately inspirational enough, to warrant at least a messy 7.8/10...
But, that is what the mop was made for; to absorb the mess, and expose the cleanliness buried underneath. Joy's life was a mess, so she mopped the floor clean with competition.