Joker: Folie à Deux

While struggling with his dual identity, Arthur Fleck not only stumbles upon true love, but also finds the music that’s always been inside him.

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Joker: Folie à Deux
Overview:
While struggling with his dual identity, Arthur Fleck not only stumbles upon true love, but also finds the music that’s always been inside him.
Cast:

• Arthur Fleck: Joaquin Phoenix
• Lee Quinzel: Lady Gaga
• Jackie Sullivan: Brendan Gleeson
• Maryanne Stewart: Catherine Keener
• Sophie Dumond: Zazie Beetz
• Paddy Meyers: Steve Coogan
• Harvey Dent: Harry Lawtey
• Gary Puddles: Leigh Gill
• Dr. Victor Liu: Ken Leung
• Ricky Meline: Jacob Lofland
• Debra Kane: Sharon Washington
• E Ward Inmate: Troy Fromin
• Judge Herman Rothwax: Bill Smitrovich
• Arkham Guard: John Lacy
• Masked Joker Driver: Gattlin Griffith
• Arkham Guard: Tim Dillon
• Additional Guard: Mike Houston
• Head Bailiff: G.L. McQueary
• Additional Guard: Jimmy Smagula
• Additional Guard: Brian Donahue
• Ernie Bullock: Alfred Rubin Thompson
• Guard: Robert Loftus
• Junior Associate: Carson Higgins
• Music Class Singer: Ben van Diepen
• Joker Girl: Casey Burke
• Young Inmate: Connor Storrie
• Music Teacher: Gregg Daniel
• Arkham Guard: Mac Brandt
• Arkham Guard: George Carroll
• E Ward Inmate: Wayne Dehart
• E Ward Inmate: Ajgie Kirkland
• E Ward Inmate: Terrance T.P. Polite
• E Ward Inmate: Jimmy Walker Jr.
• Dr. Louise Beatty: June Carryl
• Paddy Meyers’ Producer: Don McManus
• Jury Foreman: Angela D. Watson
• White Chapel Minister: Murphy Guyer
• Joker Doppelganger: Hudson Oz
• Victim’s Dad: Ray Lykins
• Joker Fan #1: Will Ropp
• Joker Fan #2: Ashton Moio
• Joker Fan #3: Emilio Rojas
• Police Escort: Joe Spinney
• Additional Guard: Richard Busser
• Additional Guard: Jess King
• Stan L. Brooks (voice): Stephen Stanton
• News Anchor: Martin Kildare
• Reporter: Laurie Dawn
• Reporter: Steven X. Greenfield
• Reporter: Dominiqué Williams-Blair
• Reporter: Barry Bonder
• Back-up Singer: Kaylah Sharve’ Baker
• Back-up Singer: Ashley Levin
• Back-up Singer: Celeste Butler
• Music Room Pianist: Alex Wesley Smith
• E Ward Inmate: Toney Wilson
• Joker / Shadow (voice) (uncredited): Nick Cave

Crew:

• Characters: Bill Finger
• Characters: Bob Kane
• Characters: Jerry Robinson
• Producer: Emma Tillinger Koskoff
• Producer: Joseph Garner
• Writer: Todd Phillips
• Unit Production Manager: Georgia Kacandes
• Editor: Jeff Groth
• Makeup Artist: Mia Bauman
• Key Hair Stylist: Mitchell Beck
• Makeup Artist: Jessie Bishop
• Key Makeup Artist: John Damiani
• Makeup Artist: Jacqueline Fernandez
• Makeup Artist: Heather Galipo
• Hair Designer: Kay Georgiou
• Makeup Artist: Brian Kinney
• Makeup Designer: Nicki Ledermann
• Makeup Artist: Alyssa Morgan
• Makeup Artist: Martina Sykes
• Makeup Artist: Sweet P. Vaughn
• Unit Production Manager: Randy Manion
• Co-Producer: David Webb
• Second Assistant Director: Trevor Tavares
• First Assistant Director: Travis Rehwaldt
• Second Assistant Director: Ryan Robert Howard
• Stunt Coordinator: Brian Machleit
• Executive Producer: Scott Silver
• Casting: Francine Maisler
• Utility Sound: Bryan Mendoza
• Sound Mixer: Steven A. Morrow
• Boom Operator: Michael Kaleta
• Costume Supervisor: Lori DeLapp
• Executive Producer: Jason Ruder
• Location Scout: Ken Haber
• Location Scout: Aaron Hurvitz
• First Assistant “A” Camera: Gregory Irwin
• Best Boy Grip: John Reynolds
• Assistant Property Master: Rick Chavez
• Director of Photography: Lawrence Sher
• Costume Design: Arianne Phillips
• Executive Producer: Michael Uslan
• Production Design: Mark Friedberg
• Original Music Composer: Hildur Guðnadóttir
• Art Direction: Sydnie Ponic
• Set Designer: Sarah Contant
• Set Designer: Noelle King
• Set Designer: Hogan Lee
• Set Dresser: Michael Thurman
• Characters: Bruce Timm
• Characters: Paul Dini
• Music Supervisor: Randall Poster
• Music Supervisor: George Drakoulias
• Stunts: Nitasha Bhambree
• Supervising Sound Editor: Erik Aadahl
• Stunts: Shauna Duggins
• Casting: Firat Averbek
• Art Direction: Jared Patrick Gerbig
• Art Direction: Erica Hohf
• Art Direction: David Meyer
• Art Direction: Gordon Stotz
• Supervising Art Director: Dan Webster
• Special Effects Technician: Matthew Bouchard
• Special Effects Technician: Michael Duenas
• Special Effects: Matthew Lillis
• Special Effects Coordinator: Brendon O’Dell
• Special Effects: Carson O’Dell
• Special Effects Technician: Marc Tantin
• Special Effects Technician: Taylor Walters
• Music Coordinator: Meghan Currier
• Music Consultant: Lady Gaga
• Stunts: Mallory Thompson
• Animation: Sylvain Chomet
• Executive Producer: Pete Chiappetta
• Executive Producer: Andrew Lary
• Executive Producer: Anthony Tittanegro
• Choreographer: Michael Arnold
• Co-Producer: Justine Conte
• Visual Effects Producer: Beverly Abbott
• Stunts: Colby Lemmo
• Utility Stunts: Richard Epper
• Stunts: Doug Coleman
• Stunts: Eliza Coleman
• Stunt Double: Matt Berberi
• Stunts: Tim Rigby
• Stunts: Declan Mulvey
• Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Tom Ozanich
• Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Dean A. Zupancic
• Stunts: Craig Baxley Jr.
• Stunts: James M. Halty
• Stunts: Brian Simpson
• Stunts: Brent Fletcher
• Stunts: Ross Kohnstam
• Stunts: Brett Smrz
• Stunts: John Branagan
• Stunts: Wayne Dalglish
• Stunts: Andy Gill
• Stunts: Daniel Leavitt
• Stunts: Rhys Millen
• Stunts: Jake Swallow
• Stunts: Tim Trella

Catogories:
Drama,Crime,Thriller
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Language:
English
Production:
United States of America
Company:
Warner Bros. Pictures,Joint Effort,Domain Entertainment
Popularity:
1450.998
Date:
2024-10-01
Year:
2024

• CinemaSerf: I was going to go and see the first Joaquin Phoenix outing as the “Joker” (2019) to remind my self of who did what to whom, but I didn’t have time. I think I am glad because I recall that being so very much better than this. Here, we pick up after “Fleck” (Phoenix) has been on his clown-faced slaughtering spree and is in prison supervised by prison officer “Jackie” (Brendan Gleeson). His lawyer “Maryanne” (Catherine Keener) is trying to have him declared competent to stand trial for his crimes so she can plead some sort of personality disorder defence – he’s not “Fleck” when he’s the “Joker” sort of thing. Thing is, he encounters “Lee” (Lady Gaga) at a prison sing-a-long and she manages to ingratiate herself with him and then to derail that plan ensuring the plot twists it’s way into the courtroom where his conviction for multiple homicides quickly appears as inevitable as there being a song in the film. Now I did like the soundtrack, but by the way Todd Phillips has presented this, it might as well have been either Tony Bennett or Newley who took on the leading role as her part is largely a series of entertainingly photographed music videos with the thinnest slices of meat constituting a weak story in between. It’s a love story, I suppose, but that wasn’t really what I turned up to see. There’s loads of excess, but no menace or jeopardy and the character’s previous adeptness at treading the thin line between sanity and madness isn’t really developed at all here. He comes across more as a pathetic, emaciated, prisoner whose flame has well and truly gone out. His legal antagonist (Harry Lawtey) looks about eleven years old but that doesn’t really matter either as the judicial proceedings themselves offer us little by way of sustaining drama, even as we build to a denouement that offers the tiniest bit of hope then… It’s a stunning piece of cinema, money has been spent and there’s imagination a-plenty from the production’s designers. It’s just too much of a jigsaw of a film with too little plot serving as a vehicle for an album boxed-set that’s doubtless ready to hit the shops.
• YearOneFun: both **JOKER** movies were clickbait. he is not the joker & she is not Harley. (they are Arthur & Lee) 🤮**that’s what you get for overhyping first movie!** 😂🤣
• Manuel São Bento: FULL SPOILER-FREE REVIEW @ https://talkingfilms.net/joker-folie-a-deux-review-an-ambitious-musical-failure/

  “Joker: Folie à Deux holds immense technical and artistic merit, but it fails to replicate the success and impact of the original.

  Todd Phillips’ boldness in turning the film into a musical is admirable, but the execution ends up being incoherent, with abrupt transitions between the dark drama and the musical numbers, resulting in a jarring experience, made even more frustrating by the studio’s embarrassing secrecy about the movie’s format.

  While visually impressive and with standout performances from Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga, the lack of thematic and character development makes this sequel an ambitious yet ultimately disappointing attempt that adds little to the thought-provoking study presented in 2019.”

  Rating: C-

• Brent Marchant: Combining movie genres can be tricky business. When the mix is right, the outcome can be truly impressive, but, when it’s off, it can spell cinematic disaster. In the case of this long-awaited sequel to the 2019 box office and critically acclaimed success, unfortunately, the result is closer to the latter than the former. Picking up where the protagonist’s story left off, this saga about charismatic villain Arthur Fleck (a.k.a., the Joker) (Joaquin Phoenix) finds him in prison awaiting trial for his string of heinous crimes. Most of the picture’s first half takes place here, an unlikely venue for Arthur meeting the love of his life, the psychopathic Lee Quinzel (a.k.a., Harley Quinn) (Lady Gaga), who diligently stands by her man when he eventually goes to court, the primary focus of the film’s second half. So, at this point, the picture is already part prison film, part courtroom drama and part dark romance. But, if that weren’t enough, writer-director Todd Phillips draws upon a fourth genre – musicals – to make the mix even more overstuffed (but, hey, if you’ve got a talent like Lady Gaga at your disposal, why not, right?). The result is a convoluted, overlong, often-uninteresting offering that’s heavy on style but weak on substance and not especially interesting. Admittedly, the performances of the two leads and many of the supporting players (Brendan Gleeson, Catherine Keener and Steve Coogan in particular) are quite good, doing a more than commendable job of making this material look far better than it actually is. In addition, stylistically speaking, the picture is terrific when it comes to its production design, costuming and cinematography. And the soundtrack is great, too, including an array of superbly chosen standards to complement the narrative (even if there are a few too many selections). But these strengths by themselves aren’t enough to make a good picture overall; what’s stuck in between these elements feels more like filler than substance, and that’s where the movie falls apart. In my view, “Joker: Folie à Deux” isn’t as resoundingly awful as many reviewers have made it out to be in light of its artistic and aesthetic accomplishments, but that doesn’t mean this release is not without its share of problems, most notably in the dreadful writing and mishandled film editing. This is one of those pictures where you get to the end and are likely to heave a heavy “Ho hum, so what?” And that’s regrettable, given that the character and this picture’s predecessor both deserved better than what this follow-up has to offer. If you haven’t seen this yet, you might be better off sticking to the picture’s genuinely stellar trailer, as that’s ultimately much better than most of what’s found in this clunky 2:18:00 release.
• biancarockr: Was this a Lady Gaga’s special? What a joke.
• r96sk: Great title, great movie.

  I had heard tiny bits about ‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ falling below expectations since its release, though they weren’t substantial enough to know if the film was any good or not. I have to say, I really enjoyed watching it all play out. It admittedly isn’t on the same level as the phenomenal predecessor, but that’s OK – I wasn’t expecting it to be.

  I will say that making this a musical of sorts was a bold choice, it wouldn’t have been the direction that I would’ve went with it but to be honest I thought they executed it nicely. I presume that is one reason many didn’t like this, as well as possibly the lack of craziness that seemed like it was on the horizon based on the 2019 flick. For me, mind, it all works.

  Joaquin Phoenix is as excellent as anticipated in his reprisal as Joker, while Lady Gaga is a neat piece of casting for Lee – obviously her music chops for one, though I do enjoy her acting too. Lee perhaps could’ve been used more, but what we got is more than sufficient in my opinion. Brendan Gleeson, elsewhere, does well in a more minor role.

  Is is slightly overlong? Possibly. Did we need a sequel? Probably not. All I can confirm is that I had a positive time viewing it, so I can’t harbour any noteworthy complaints. It’s a shame to now read that this film has seemingly bombed in more ways than one. C’est la vie.

• aGoryLouie: Meh I liked it, not as much as Joker (2019) but liked it enough

  Not that it didn’t have it’s problems because it had so many, but not as many as some feel it has

  Seems the producers/writers had a few different ideas that they just decided to mush together which created this very average sequel.

  I’ve seen the first Joker three times, probably wouldn’t give this a rewatch, would give a third a watch.