Most funny and uplifting movie in years

Rating: 10/10 (7 January 2016)

This movie was above and beyond anything the so-called "critics" said it was. I have written many screenplays in my life. They are to be experienced on screen, not read and analyzed after you see it on-screen, unless, of course, the movie files and explanations are forthcoming like bees on honey. This is a must see film and rightly deserves a place in best picture and best actress category. Ms. Lawrence is up there now, with Kate Blanchett and Myrle Steep. Ahead of her time? More like child genius. I would say, "look for her in the future" but her future is our present and she has not only entered the upper echelon o top actors, she owns the screen and has entered it in flames. (reference intended). now, about the move itself: there are so many packed in side moments ALONG with Joy's complete struggles against corruption and greed, and we are with her every step of the way. The comedy outlets provided by a perfect denier, sometimes Rosellini, susan lucci, virginia madsen, were in sync with all the mushy "i will make things and help people" philosophy Joy has as a child. Yes, a bit mushy was the grandmother death and yes, I would take that out, but it's okay. It was okay, because you can never have enough sympathy for our heroine that never ever gives up when her own family asks, demands and basically gives her no choice. This is just from her family, not the sleazy businessmen/mop makers she encounters - and on her own terms to boot. This is an uplifting movie like Norma Rae only funny and with much more sensitive and a higher skilled actress who will rule on screen, the next 25 years or so. Kudos, hats off, to my new star and hero. (and really, from the Hunger Games- who knew she had so much more in her than a Lara Croft? This writer and critic knows movies and knows what is great. Yes I do and I say, go and then go again. And in one year, rent it for the losers who failed to see it.
thought the reviewers were nuts. Go see this film, enjoy the funny relationships, the bossa nova'Tom Jones" husband intro. Everything in this movie works so well, the trailer was not as good - the movies more than delivered. ignore the morons from rotten tomatoes, they are old icky people who lack the ability to get involved in storytelling from many different angles. There were so many little things that added up to a many different laughs and then right back to drama. Most movies that are comedy/drama cannot make up their minds and fail. This one is simply, yet complicated. Funny, yet dramatic. Seriously Jennifer Lawrence has taken over what Myrle Streep only started. She should win the Academy Award the second time and we'll see her in all our futures.