SummaryArthur Fleck (Joaquin Phoenix) is struggling to find his way in Gotham’s fractured society. A clown-for-hire by day, he aspires to be a stand-up comic at night…but finds the joke always seems to be on him. Caught in a cyclical existence between apathy and cruelty, Arthur makes one bad decision that brings about a chain reaction of escalating ev... Read More
Directed By:Todd Phillips
Written By:Todd Phillips, Scott Silver, Bob Kane, Bill Finger, Jerry Robinson
Joker
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59
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Universal Acclaim
8.9
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Mixed or Average
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27% Mixed
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18% Negative
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
Oct 4, 2019
100
The true success of this film has everything to do with Joaquin Phoenix’s masterful performance.
Aug 31, 2019
90
An iconic comic-book villain gets an appropriately epic origin story in Joker, which allows Joaquin Phoenix’s raw talent its grandest stage yet.
User score
Universal Acclaim
8.9
91% Positive
7057 Ratings
7057 Ratings
5% Mixed
385 Ratings
385 Ratings
4% Negative
339 Ratings
339 Ratings
May 23, 2026
10
Greetings from Lithuania.
I will be honest - i did not expected "Joker" (2019) to be this amazing movie. I saw trailer, i liked it, then read that it is heavily influenced on "Taxi Driver" and "King of Comedy" and thought that its going to be at least an interesting and not by a numbers comic book movie. And i was right - its far from any comic book movie i have seen ever, except for "Logan" and "Dark Knight". Well, know there is a "Joker". What made those two films exceptional? Its that they went beyond and in different direction then you conventional PG13 comic book flicks from Marvel. "Joker" on the other hand is a great character study movie - first thing. If you would remove Gotham city and some characters from Batman universe, this film wouldn't even had anything to do with comic book movies. The other thing is that its just superbly done - this is hands down best movie Todd Phillips has ever made (and i loved first "Hangover"). Cinematography was gorgeous and very stylish, music was haunting and editing was top notch - this film at its running time 2 h run like wind for me. Oh ye, and then there is the best performance of the year (so far) by Joaquin Phoenix - his Joker i think stands on the same ground with a legendary performance by Heath Ledger - its that amazing, and a bit even more complex because in Dark Knight Joker was a side character - in here he is a central figure, and what a great character that was.Overall, "Joker" is a great character study movie, and a very unique comic book film. Its different, for sure and make no mistake its great not because its different - its because the bold direction creators have went with it and delivered it full. This is one of the very best films this year so far.
Mar 29, 2026
10
Best movie every he show dark psychology of humans and I am really emotional after watching that thats joker like me everyone hates me no one understand me best movie ever
Oct 6, 2019
80
Subtlety is not Phillips’s strong point. What he does have is an eye for a well-chosen location, an ear for a provocative line of dialogue and a finger on the pulse of very marketable, confrontational (if also “cynical”) entertainment. Add to this an incendiary central performance by Phoenix and Joker looks set to have the last laugh.
Oct 3, 2019
63
While Phoenix is always more than watchable (his scary-Fred-Astaire dance moves, born from Arthur’s habit of watching old movies with his mother, are both mesmerizing and disturbing), “Joker” really has nowhere to go. Its characters are one-note cartoony, but fun is the last thing on this movie’s mind; it’s all despair, from its opening scenes on downward.
Oct 3, 2019
50
Having unleashed Phoenix, Phillips doesn’t seem to know how to contain or couch the performance. At some point he seems to have surrendered, and when the movie is over you realize Arthur is its only substantial character.
Oct 2, 2019
38
In a year of mass culture that gave us HBO’s excellent “Chernobyl,” Joker can claim the grimmest depiction of a meltdown.
Aug 31, 2019
20
Phoenix is acting so hard you can feel the desperation throbbing in his veins. He leaves you wanting to start him a GoFundMe, so he won’t have to pour so much sweat into his job again. But the aggressive terribleness of his performance isn’t completely his fault.
Feb 20, 2026
10
Wow, this should have won Best Picture. Absolutely fantastic. Disturbing - like, I never want to watch it again LOL - but such a truly incredible movie.
Nov 21, 2023
6
Slow story telling, but it was an interesting take on this legendary comic book character. Phoenix did an outstanding job with his acting performance, believable on all accounts, showing the moral decline and degradation of sanity of Arthur Fleck. A rather let down imo was the ending with the Wayne's deaths by an unknown masked rioter. Burton's 1989 Batman tying Jack Napier to their deaths is still the best version of this story (including stories told as Joe Chill). Joker is an interesting film, definitely recommended, but unfortunately only as a single view. When I watched this it was rated as PG-13, shockingly unbelievable, definitely rated-R. Not entirely my cup of tea.
Jul 6, 2023
6
Really crazy dramatized movie. Slowly watching him go crazy. Pretty shocking ending and I wasn't expecting it.
Oct 4, 2024
3
Over rated rubbish, very forgettable movie, 3/10. Acting was good though, otherwise 2 star
Production Company:
- Warner Bros.
- Village Roadshow Pictures
- BRON Studios
- Joint Effort
- DC Entertainment
- DC Films
Release Date:Oct 3, 2019
Duration:2 h 2 m
Rating:R
Tagline:Put on a happy face.
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Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 2 Wins & 11 Nominations
Golden Globes, USA
• 2 Wins & 4 Nominations
CinEuphoria Awards
• 4 Wins & 14 Nominations
