In 2019, "Joker" became the first R-rated film in history to gross over $1 billion globally. It was also one of the most profitable films of 2019 due to its relatively modest production budget of around $55-70 million. Joaquin Phoenix won the best actor Oscar for 2019 for his starring role in Joker. Considering all of this, it is impossible to believe how bad the sequel, "Joker: Folie à Deux" has been reviewed. From Rotten Tomatoes:
Leonard Maltin: "What a waste".
Graeme Tuckett: "With nothing left to pillage from Scorsese and all his best ideas behind him, Phillips and his film are adrift and directionless. Although the meet-cute between Fleck and Quinzel is well-staged, the film has nowhere to go afterwards".
Kevin A. Ranson: "Undoing much of the goodwill from its predecessor, the sequel convolutes what could have been a unique character study into a bloated encore that goes out with a whimper".
Michael Cook: "This movie is a disjointed mess and a waste of time. It's just tired, not particularly interesting, but it does look good from a production design standpoint".
The overall ratings for this bad movie are a very low 33%, representing a huge opportunity lost, considering the huge hit the first movie in 2019 was. So much for the possibility of a third installment in this series and making many more millions on this good and original idea. The decision to make this film a musical is another mistake, even considering the use of Lady Gaga as the co-star to Joaquin Phoenix.
In honor of the tenth anniversary of this movie review blog, the series of bad movies I have seen recently, and the fact that I hate musicals, this post is about the negative critics reviews that have been published, and the subsequent low box office due to the bad reviews and word of mouth. I just could not sit for 2 hours for another very bad film.
For this film, I will probably wait until it is broadcast on HBO and fast-forward through most of it, especially the musical numbers.
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