The 2019 Venice International Film Festival has come to a close and has announced its award winners. The coveted Golden Lion went to — egads — Todd Phillips‘ “Joker,” a comic-book-inspired origin story of Batman’s arch-nemesis as brought to twisted life by Joaquin Phoenix. But don’t guffaw. The film, partly inspired by Martin Scorsese‘s lonely outsiders in “Taxi Driver” and “The King of Comedy,” currently has a positive Rotten Tomatoes rating of 86% — with much praise aimed at its star’s performance as the Clown Prince of Crime.
However, those critics who gave the dark R-rated movie a thumbs down didn’t hold back in their grousing over this attempt to display the sociopathic instincts that take root in angry urban misfits who are determined to leave their mark. “Time” critic Stephanie Zacharek wrote these damning words: “Phillips may want us to think he’s giving us a movie all about the emptiness of our culture,...
However, those critics who gave the dark R-rated movie a thumbs down didn’t hold back in their grousing over this attempt to display the sociopathic instincts that take root in angry urban misfits who are determined to leave their mark. “Time” critic Stephanie Zacharek wrote these damning words: “Phillips may want us to think he’s giving us a movie all about the emptiness of our culture,...
- 9/8/2019
- by Susan Wloszczyna
- Gold Derby
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