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Early reactions to Joker: Folie à Deux suggest a blend of 'brilliance' and 'boredom', leading to a mixed bag of reviews.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> The film sees the return of Joaquin Phoenix's Oscar-winning portrayal of Arthur Fleck/Joker and the addition of pop powerhouse Lady Gaga as Joker's love interest <br> <br> Harley Quinn.<br> <br> <br> <br> Premiering to a full house at the Venice Film Festival on Wednesday, the eagerly awaited sequel to Todd Phillips' billion-dollar hit divided critics.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> While some found it 'superior' to the acclaimed 2019 film and lauded the performances of both Phoenix and Gaga, others slammed Joker: Folie à <br> <br> Deux as 'derivative' and devoid of 'fun.'<br> <br> <br> <br> DailyMail's Brian Viner called the movie musical 'audaciously different in style from the original, <br> <br> not quite as electrifying, but bold and brilliant all the same.'<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Early reactions to Joker: Folie à Deux suggest a blend of <br> <br> 'brilliance' and 'boredom', leading to a mixed bag of reviews <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> While some found it 'superior' to the acclaimed 2019 film and <br> <br> lauded the performances of both Phoenix and Gaga, others slammed Joker: Folie à Deux as 'derivative' and <br> <br> devoid of 'fun' <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Read More<br> <br> <br> <br> <b>Lady Gaga puts on a loved-up display with her fiancé Michael Polansky at Joker premiere</b><br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Owen Gleiberman appeared a bit less impressed in his review for <br> <br> Variety, writing that the 'cracked jukebox musical' had an audacious <br> <br> concept, 'but in a basic way it's an overly cautious sequel.' <br> <br> <br> <br> IndieWire's David Ehrlich took a bit of a harsher tone,<br> <br> saying the 138-minute flick is 'boring, flat, and a criminal <br> <br> waste of Lady Gaga,' adding it feels 'bad on purpose.' <br> <br> <br> <br> He added: 'Phillips has created a corporate pop spectacle that <br> <br> all but demands to be seen as something else. <br> <br> <br> <br> 'Here is a movie that perversely denies audiences <br> <br> everything they've been conditioned to want from it; gently at first, and <br> <br> then later with the unmistakable hostility of a knife to the gut. <br> <br> <br> <br> 'And that, more than anything else, is why <br> <br> Folie à Deux adopts the form of a classic musical: Because no other genre makes it so easy to appreciate all the fun you're not having.' <br> <br> <br> <br> In contrast, Alex Harrison of ScreenRant describes Joker:<br> <br> Folie à Deux as a more refined sequel designed to provoke fans of <br> <br> the original film. <br> <br> <br> <br> 'Joker: Folie à Deux has more coherent things to say about fan culture than it or its predecessor does about mental illness,<br> <br> which, for me, makes it the superior of the two,' he stated.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <u><strong>Deadline's Pete Hammond praises the film as <br> <br> 'brilliant' and lauds the performances of the leads. </strong></u><br> <br> <br> <br> 'Phoenix knows this character inside and out, and in what others <br> <br> might say is a risky proposition, he tap dances, sings <br> <br> and sells this role like no other — if not topping his Oscar-winning turn in Joker, at <br> <br> least finding a way to take him in different, wholly surprising <br> <br> direction. <br> <br> <br> <br> 'Gaga is smartly low-key, not the Harley Quinn we associate with Margot Robbie, but her own person, dressed down and believably showing affection and connection with Joker and, more <br> <br> important, the man behind the makeup.'<br> <br> <br> <br> The Hollywood Reporter says Joker: Folie à Deux feels 'narratively a <br> <br> little thin and at times dull… This sequel is built on more of a conceit <br> <br> than a solid story foundation.'<br> <br> <br> <br> 'Even more than its predecessor, Joker: Folie à Deux reduces the <br> <br> archvillain to a hollowed-out product of childhood trauma and mental illness.<br> <br> <br> <br> Which means there's little we didn't learn last time,' added the outlet's David Rooney.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> The Guardian's Peter Bradshaw wrote, 'There's a great supporting cast and a barnstorming first act <br> <br> but Todd Phillips's much-hyped Gotham sequel proves claustrophobic and repetitive.'<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> DailyMail's Brian Viner called the musical 'audaciously different in style from the original,<br> <br> not quite as electrifying, but bold and brilliant all the same'<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Owen Gleiberman appeared a bit less impressed in his review for <br> <br> Variety , writing that the 'cracked jukebox musical' had an audacious concept, <br> <br> 'but in a basic way it's an overly cautious sequel' <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <b><u>Deadline's Pete Hammond praises the film as 'brilliant' and lauds the performances of the leads </u></b><br> <br> <br> <br> <strong>The Times called it a 'messy, lifeless sequel' that 'didn't need <br> <br> to exist.'</strong><br> <br> <br> <br> 'The director Todd Phillips said there would be no follow-up to the original, but he changed his mind and the result is a derivative musical,' the outlet's Kevin Maher wrote.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Allison Willmore at Vulture panned the movie, writing, 'Mostly, Arthur is acted upon, even when he thinks he's seizing control — a punching bag for the world and, more importantly, for the director,<br> <br> who subjects the character to so many indignities <br> <br> that he actually stops being pitiable and starts resembling the punchline <br> <br> to a very long, shaggy joke. <br> <br> <br> <br> <b>'By the end of Joker: Folie à Deux, that joke feels like it's on us.'</b><br> <br> <br> <br> <b>Joker: Folie à Deux is set to be released in theaters on October 4, 2024. </b><br> <br> <br> <br> It is the much-anticipated follow-up to 2019's Academy Award-winning Joker, which earned more than $1 billion at <br> <br> the global box office and remains the highest-grossing R-rated <br> <br> film of all time.<br> <br> <br> <br> The second installment finds Arthur Fleck institutionalized at Arkham awaiting trial for his crimes as Joker.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> 'While struggling with his dual identity,<br> <br> Arthur not only stumbles upon true love, but also finds the music that's always been inside him,' a press release shared.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Lady Gaga<br> <br> <br> <br> Check out my blog ... <a href="http://Wiki.kubik.li/index.php?title=Benutzer:SusanneTritt7">iqos iluma i prime</a>
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