A movie for dreamers

Rating: 9/10 (2 June 2017)

Joy is the story of the title character, who rose to become founder and matriarch of a powerful family business dynasty.
I must admit I wasn't really interested in this film in the beginning the joy and trailer didn't make this film sound that interesting. I ended up finding a copy of it and decided to give it ago, I was so impressed with what I saw. David O. Russell has crafted a really fascinating and special film. It is a film about strength and perseverance fighting for what you want and never giving up until you get it.
It really feels like a fairy tale, Joy's grandmother narrates the story, it reminded me of a Cinderella story or Wizard of OZ, it has a magical quality to it.
It looks at how as children we have dreams of what we want to be or do when we grow up, then life happens and we forget what it was we original wanted.
Everyone does a great job here, Jennifer Lawrence really carries the movie you really feel for her and the situations her family put her in. I feel she really deserved her Oscar Nomination for this role. I felt really inspired after watching this.