JOKER (movie)
Joaquin Phoenix is destruction personified in this dark look at Gotham’s clown prince The Joker – it won him the Best Lead Actor Academy Award in 2019! Don’t expect ridiculous plotlines. Don’t expect colourful creative makeup. And don’t expect Batman to come swooping in to save the day. This isn’t a hero movie. It’s a raw psychological look at a mentally unstable man in a cruel world, unravelling as life beats him down at every corner. Instead of taking the easy way out, Joaquin’s character Arthur Fleck, a failed comedian and party clown, comes apart and his inner demons take over, clouding his psyche and turning him from eternally optimistic man into a ruthless menace with a laugh that’ll send chills down your spine. And making him even more unhinged is the make-up that Joaquin developed for the role – a standard clown face, transforming the typical circus comedian look into the things nightmares are made of.