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Joker: Folie À Deux is branded 'bleak' and the 'most disappointing follow-up to the Oscar-winning movie' by critics as they cast doubt on Lady Gaga's 'thin' role
Joker: Folie À Deux has been branded the 'most disappointing follow-up to the Oscar-winning movie' by critics.
'Arthur is now behind bars, waiting to see whether he will be judged sane enough to stand trial for murder, and in the meantime enjoying his celebrity status with fellow prisoners and even the warders, one of whom, a sadistic Irishman played by Brendan Gleeson, feeds him cigarettes in return for jokes. The pair hit it off at a music therapy class, and are soon mutually smitten, but Lee makes it clear that she loves the dangerously charismatic Joker, 'clown prince of crime', not the gloomily introspective Arthur. 'For me, Joker was a near-masterpiece, and while this sequel doesn't scale those heady heights, it is still a gripping film about mental illness; not quite comparable with all-time greats such as Psycho (1960) and One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (1975), but not too far off.'
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