Review of Joker (2019) by Ty Burr for Boston Globe — 02 Oct 2019
If the Marvel/Disney comic-book movies tend toward the chromium brio of the “Avengers” series, the DC superhero movies purveyed by Warner Bros. have taken their cue over the years from the 1986 revisionist graphic novel “The Dark Knight Returns,” and they are very dark indeed.
Joker is the culmination of that approach, a slab of self-important pop-culture masonry whose only bright spot is the figure dancing brilliantly along its top.
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This review of Joker (2019) was written by Ty Burr and published by Boston Globe on 02 Oct 2019.
Joker has generally received very positive reviews.
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