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By Joanna Connors (56) for Cleveland Plain Dealer (828) on 23 Dec 2015

A movie that waits until the third act to introduce Bradley Cooper is either totally crazy or unbelievably confident. Luckily, Joy is both…

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By Bill Clark (530) for FromTheBalcony (528) on 23 Dec 2015

Joy doesn't resonate as a hard-hitting, memorable biography, but as a lightweight, ultimately charming slice of entrepreneurial spirit, it works…

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By William Bibbiani (788) for CraveOnline (813) on 23 Dec 2015

David O. Russell has dipped a trifle in chocolate, and turned it into a truffle…

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By Tom Meek (408) for Cambridge Day (227) on 23 Dec 2015

Joy marks more of the same - not a bad thing, as it features the ever determined yet effervescent Jennifer Lawrence, back under Russell's instruct…

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By Alissa Wilkinson (499) for Christianity Today (953) on 23 Dec 2015

I want a coherently-told story; I don't want the feeling of rushing from scene to scene…

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By Ryan Gilbey (367) for New Statesman (382) on 23 Dec 2015

Jennifer Lawrence is indefatigable in the lead role…

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By Alison Willmore (681) for BuzzFeed News (197) on 23 Dec 2015

A movie that doesn't just do a disservice to its subject and its lead, but to the women it attempts to speak for…

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By Curtis Woloschuk (51) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 23 Dec 2015

Charged with navigating a half-dozen equally fraught relationships, Lawrence is at the top of her dexterous game…

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By Brian Orndorf (4,059) for Blu-ray.com (2,093) on 23 Dec 2015

Missing the punch of The Fighter, the sugar rush of Silver Linings Playbook, and the strut of American Hustle, Joy comes across undercooked…

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By Alex Doenau (232) for Trespass (429) on 23 Dec 2015

While there is a story -- satisfactorily told and resolved -- Joy is dedicated to its craft…

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By Brian Miller (136) for Seattle Weekly (293) on 23 Dec 2015

I prefer the mess of Joy's first half, and that's where Russell and his fine cast -- including Bradley Cooper, Robert De Niro, Diane Ladd,…

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By Nick Pinkerton (448) for Artforum (101) on 23 Dec 2015

Rather than find a way for opposing ideas to coexist and overlap in the same scene, Russell's movie staggers from one theme to the next, shrilly…

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By Christian Toto (897) for HollywoodInToto.com (350) on 23 Dec 2015

All the great elements from recent Russell movies ... and a fraction of the Joy…

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By Stephen Whitty (1,794) for Newark Star-Ledger (1,745) on 23 Dec 2015

To me, Joy…

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By Rick Kisonak (485) for Seven Days (657) on 23 Dec 2015

Mangano's rags-to-call-in-riches saga is so kitschy and improbable that you can imagine Tim Burton drooling at the thought of taking a seriocomic…

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By Gersh Kuntzman (11) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 23 Dec 2015

The story is ultimately empty because nothing is at stake. A woman invented a mop. She made millions with it…

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By Chris Knight (998) for National Post (1,405) on 23 Dec 2015

Joy represents a rare misfire for the director (we're going to leave the weird stillbirth that was Accidental Love out of the question), and…

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By Steven Rea (1,872) for Philadelphia Inquirer (3,920) on 23 Dec 2015

Joy's entry into the world of entrepreneurship has the crazy trajectory of a rocket gone haywire, and Russell's movie is kind of haywire, too…

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By Steve Davis (486) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 23 Dec 2015

At its best, Joy celebrates the passage of a demoralized woman who finds the steel in her spine…

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By Connie Ogle (690) for Miami Herald (3,319) on 23 Dec 2015

What the film truly reveals is something else entirely: how Jennifer Lawrence can elevate any material, any time, even middle-of-the-pack fare…

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