Published 10/03/2024 4:32:05 p.m.

‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ ending explained: What was the point of it all?

"Joker: Folie à Deux" features Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga, blending musical theater with a crime narrative but has received mixed reviews and feels "tiresomely stuck in the past."
The film explores Arthur's struggles with acceptance and his transformation back into the Joker through the influence of Lee Quinzel.
Director Todd Phillips aims for a lighter tone, but the film remains ponderous, overshadowing moments of magic with its weighty themes.

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Irish Independent

Joker – Folie à Deux review: Strange jukebox musical fails to strike a chord

Somewhere around the middle of this dour and difficult film, you start to wonder if its director, Todd Phillips, is laughing at us. The acclaimed New Yorker made quite the name for himself on the first Joker. You might remember the pre-release controversy.

10/03/2024 1:30:00 p.m.·Ireland

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Metro News

'Genius' Joker: Folie à Deux succeeds where so many movies have failed before

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10/04/2024 7:00:00 a.m.·London, United Kingdom

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ScreenRant

Joker: Folie A Deux Ending & Real Meaning Explained

Joker: Folie à Deux takes a wildly different direction than Todd Phillips' first DC movie suggested, completely deconstructing Arthur Fleck's story.

10/04/2024 1:18:03 a.m.·Montreal, Canada

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Flin Flon Reminder

Review: 'Folie à Deux' reckons with 'The Joker'

Let's put on a happy face, at least to start, for “Joker: Folie à Deux.” If there's one undeniably compelling thing about both Todd Phillips' divisive 2019 original and his new follow-up, it's that these movies are best when they dance.

10/03/2024 2:32:07 p.m.·Flin Flon, Canada

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npr

'Joker: Folie à Deux' is much a deux about nothing : Pop Culture Happy Hour

The new film Joker: Folie à Deux is the sequel to 2019's Joker, which won Joaquin Phoenix an Oscar. This new film is a courtroom drama and a romance tossed into a musical blender set to liquefy, as the Joker goes on trial for the murders he committed in the last film and falls in love with a groupie played by Lady Gaga.

10/04/2024 4:00:00 a.m.·Washington, United States

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