John Harty

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I just don’t know with this movie. It’s not bad, but I can’t say with confidence that it’s good. It felt like one of those films that might get better on rewatches - not least when it comes to streaming & you can fast forward through some of the musical numbers, which just exist outside of one or two. The ending makes no sense with a series of events playing out with no attempt at explanation or with the movie having earned them after what can only be described as a deus ex machina. The positives are that the film looks amazing & more of Phoenix’s Arthur Fleck is always welcome, but it’s not enough to justify a movie that, given the obvious stand alone nature of its predecessor, struggled to justify its existence. I want to like this movie & there’s things about it I love, but I struggle to say it’s a good or necessary movie for far too many reasons to let those things outweigh that.