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By Allan Hunter (1,486) for Daily Express (UK) (2,141) on 03 Jan 2016

Russell lays it on pretty thick with Joy's quirky, suffocating family but Lawrence creates the kind of plucky underdog you are only too happy…

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By Matthew Toomey (680) for ABC Radio Brisbane (680) on 03 Jan 2016

Jennifer Lawrence is terrific as the determined yet vulnerable heroine. She keeps getting knocked down and she keeps getting back up…

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By James Berardinelli (4,524) for ReelViews (4,523) on 02 Jan 2016

The story is quirky and offbeat but the dialogue and acting set Joy up as an engaging late-year repast…

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By Luke Buckmaster (275) for The Daily Review/Crikey (197) on 02 Jan 2016

Key duties are mirrored inside the story and out: a character trying to sell a mop and a star trying to clean up a slightly sloppy script…

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By Andrew O'hehir (1,324) for Salon.com (2,725) on 02 Jan 2016

From a narrative and cinematic point of view, the problem with Joy is simple…

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By Lawrence Toppman (1,654) for Charlotte Observer (1,670) on 02 Jan 2016

The 25-year-old Lawrence is too young – Mangano was 35 when the mop took off – but compelling to watch…

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By Neil Rosen (146) for NY1-TV (146) on 01 Jan 2016

This is not David O. Russell's finest work. It's no American Hustle or The Fighter. But it's still a solid effort worth seeing…

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By Tony Medley (1,109) for Tolucan Times (639) on 01 Jan 2016

If this is a comedy, I'm Babe Ruth…

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By Alex Zane (472) for The Sun (UK) (932) on 01 Jan 2016

Lawrence delivers a powerhouse performance in this solid if occasionally meandering drama…

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By Graham Fuller (154) for Sight and Sound (827) on 01 Jan 2016

Had Lawrence been born before 1910, she might have stolen roles from Jean Arthur or Carole Lombard -- if not the haute Myrna Loy…

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By Nick Dent (153) for Daily Telegraph (Australia) (376) on 01 Jan 2016

While the director's favourite leading lady, Jennifer Lawrence, gives the lead character everything she has, and that's plenty, the world inhabited…

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By Chris Newbould (81) for The National (UAE) (421) on 01 Jan 2016

The frequent scenes depicting snowfall, fairy lights and Christmas tunes suggest that Russell, at least, knows that this is basically a warm,…

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By Janet Smith (81) for Georgia Straight (1,078) on 01 Jan 2016

The Miracle Mop is about as mundane a domestic tool as you can get, but David O…

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By Adam Sweeting (122) for The Arts Desk (640) on 01 Jan 2016

Despite its sheen of fairy-dust, much of Joy is about the brutal obstacle course of American capitalism, permanently poised to asset-strip the unwary…

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By Alex Leadbeater (83) for What Culture (594) on 01 Jan 2016

Joy is a very stressful movie (and that's a very good thing)…

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By Betty Jo Tucker (725) for ReelTalk Movie Reviews (1,771) on 01 Jan 2016

Joy' should please Jennifer Lawrence fans as well as viewers who enjoy movies with a strong female lead and viewpoint…

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By David Edwards (979) for Daily Mirror (UK) (1,133) on 01 Jan 2016

While the filmmaker's delightfully idiosyncratic touches are here, there and everywhere, they never quite gel with the storyline…

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By Sandy Schaefer (333) for ScreenRant (1,013) on 31 Dec 2015

Joy is a decent biographical drama anchored by Jennifer Lawrence's performance, but fails to realize its greater ambitions…

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By Molly Laich (115) for Missoula Independent (105) on 31 Dec 2015

Joy is not a very good movie, but the message is so salient and relevant that in spite of itself, it may manage to move audiences anyway…

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By Daniel Barnes (335) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 29 Dec 2015

Joy is all forced smiles-it feels like an album made by a band that should have broken up years ago, just a rambling and incoherent series…

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