‘Joker’ review Joaquin Phoenix creates an interior world of pain. His movie is a pain, period.
almost 6 years in Chicago Tribune
“Joker” starts in with the pain straight off, in its opening seconds. As Arthur Fleck, a perpetually humiliated, bullied and marginalized Gotham City clown for hire dreaming of a career in stand-up comedy, Joaquin Phoenix regards himself in a makeup mirror. He hooks two fingers under his upper...