The most positive and negative reviews

Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga Joker: Folie à Deux is not particularly praised by film critics in reviews of the 2019 sequel joker.

Joker: Folie à Deux played in previews on Thursday before hitting theaters nationwide on Friday. The film naturally follows on from the blockbuster success of the original jokerwhich grossed over $1 billion worldwide – a first for an R-rated film – and won a Best Actor Oscar for “Phoenix.”

Sequel from director Todd Phillips, like the original jokeris once again set up as a crime drama, but this film has a twist as it contains jukebox music elements.

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Set two years after the events of the first film, Arthur Fleck/Joker (“Phoenix”) is awaiting trial at Arkham Asylum in Gotham for the murders he committed in the original joker.

While he is in the institution, Arthur meets Lee Quinzel/Harley Quinn (Lady Gaga) in a music class and the two immediately fall in love. Therefore, the pair plan their escape from Arkham before Arthur’s murder case goes to trial.

Rotten tomatoes Critics who reviewed the film at the Venice International Film Festival after its world premiere on September 4 were quite complimentary Joker: Folie à Deuxwhich gave the film a “fresh” rating of 60% out of 43 reviews.

However, now that reviews have been published en masse, Rotten tomatoes Critics’ reactions to Joker: Folie à Deux are much worse. As of Friday, the film received a 37% “poor” rating based on 185 reviews. RT.

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The RT The film’s critics consensus reads: “Joaquin Phoenix’s eponymous Joker takes a stand in a sequel that dances around while history stands still, even as Lady Gaga’s wildcard energy yields.” Folie a Deux some momentum.”

Viewers seem to have exactly the same feeling Joker: Folie à Deux. Currently it is RT The audience rating for the film is 37% “poor,” based on over 500 verified user reviews.

In contrast, 2019 joker received a “fresh” rating of 68% RT Critics based on 602 reviews and an 89% “fresh” audience score based on more than 50,000 verified user reviews.

How did individual critics rate “Joker: Folie à Deux”?

Brian Truitt of USA today is one of the few critics Rotten tomatoes who gave Joker: Folie à Deux a positive review on Thursday, when most reviews were posted.

In his review, Truitt writes: “Anyone familiar with the Batman comics knows that Joker and Harley have their extreme ups and downs, and it’s fun to watch Arthur and Lee’s bad romance come to fruition here. “

Jason Gorber from Insert magazine also had positive things to say about the film, writing: “A boldly unconventional blockbuster that suddenly seems as disposable as any other, but yet has these tiny, almost irritating threads that, when pulled on, reveal the path to madness.” “It seems like entertainment these days.”

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Of course the negative reviews are from Joker: Folie à Deux To RT were far more common than the positive ones.

Below is a scathing review by G. Allen Johnson from San Francisco Chroniclewho writes: “Joker: Folie à Deux is a traumatizing cinematic experience so dark and static that it makes you wonder if director Todd Phillips’ goal was to bring the entire idea of ​​a comic book movie to life.”

In his takedown of the film, Nick Schrager said of The Daily Beast establishes that Joker: Folie à Deux is “so determined not to please fans that it is almost antagonistic, as hostile to genre conventions as its protagonist is to the world at large.”

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Rafer Guzman also writes in his zero out of four star review for News day The Joker: Folie à Deux is “a listless, depressing ‘musical’ that seems to hate its characters and itself.”

New York Post Critic Johnny Oleksinski admits this joker Sequel with one out of four stars and writes: “For almost two and a half hours, director Todd Phillips’ pathologically unnecessary film cycles through so many possible reasons for existence… ultimately never finding a satisfactory one.”

Rated R, Joker: Folie à Deux hits theaters nationwide on Friday.

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