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Joker: Folie à Deux – A Masterpiece of Irony Well, Todd Phillips has outdone himself. After delivering the haunting, gritty original Joker in 2019, he clearly thought, “Why not take everything that worked in the first movie, and… well, just drown it in chaos?” Joker: Folie à Deux feels less like a film and more like a cautionary tale about what happens when a director tries too hard to replicate his own success. Direction Let's start with Phillips’ direction. It's almost like he was trying to create a parody of his own movie. Gone are the brooding, intense scenes that made the original so memorable. Instead, we’re given a mishmash of disorienting angles and confusing transitions. I can only assume he was trying to convey the inner chaos of the Joker’s mind, but it just left the audience scratching their heads, wondering if he lost the plot… literally. Screenplay The screenplay, if you can even call it that, meanders between dark and absurd without ever truly committing to either. The depth? Oh, it’s deep, alright—deeply unnecessary. The storyline teeters on melodrama, and just when you think it’s about to get interesting, Phillips pulls back, leaving us in a limbo of half-baked ideas and missed opportunities. Music Ah, the music. We can all applaud Hildur Guðnadóttir for her work in the original film, but here? Phillips seems to have taken “the darker, the better” to heart and turned it into a discordant nightmare. At times, the soundtrack overwhelms the scene, as if trying to distract the audience from the shaky narrative. It’s bold, loud, and almost comedic in its attempt to be "intense." Characters Joaquin Phoenix, though—there’s the film’s saving grace. Phoenix steps into the Joker’s shoes with an intensity that shines through, even if it feels out of place in Phillips’ circus of absurdity. And Lady Gaga? Honestly, she gave the best Harley Quinn we could hope for. Her portrayal was raw, layered, and delivered with enough conviction to make even the staunchest skeptics sit up and take notice. It's almost tragic to see their performances weighed down by the film’s overwrought attempt at being “deep.” In Conclusion Thanks, Todd Phillips, for giving us a Joker who’s so confusing, so exaggerated, and so out-there that no one will dare to imitate him on TikTok or Instagram. You’ve singlehandedly saved the internet from wannabe Jokers, and for that, we should be forever grateful. 2 Stars only for Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga

Such type of series releaes rarely now a days or historically because they don't fall in any genre and they leave the viewers confused between laughter, thrill, suspense or horror. Although it is marketed and portrayed as dark comedy but after 1st episode it turns into pity. 3 Murders, 1 death in the family, 1 ghost and a lot of senseless drama. Manoj Bajpayee, Konkona Sen Sharma, Nassar Sir and Sayaji Shinde were so good that they will make you feel sorry for yourself that why these brilliant actors are wasted so badly. Screenplay, cinematography, locations supports the storyline but recurrence of sloppy plot, effortless murders and expected climax turns your 7+ hours effort a waste. A little spoiler, you will spend 5 hours of this 7 hours torture watching police efforts to resolve the murder mysteries but till the last minute they will fail and the mysteries were solved by the protagonists by themselves all the efforts, excitement or resources of police were useless. It you want to watch brilliant acting and don't want to fulfill your appetite of a good weekend series. Do watch this tasteless series.