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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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By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 23 Dec 2015

Joy never completely loses its way. But it almost does, and it never quite arrives…

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By Brian Truitt (541) for USA Today (4,117) on 22 Dec 2015

There’s a Miracle Mop at the heart of Joy, though the movie is such a mess that even it would have a hard time cleaning up…

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By Melissa Anderson (387) for Village Voice (8,525) on 22 Dec 2015

Russell enthusiasts — and I consider myself one — often applaud the director's abiding interest in the messiness of his characters' lives,…

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By Josh Bell (1,421) for Las Vegas Weekly (1,340) on 22 Dec 2015

Reality only gets in the way of Russell's dynamic filmmaking…

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By Louise Keller (804) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 22 Dec 2015

Another great turn by Jennifer Lawrence but a bit like sex when it fails to live up to expectations, the film leaves us feeling disappointed…

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By Nick Rogers (786) for The Film Yap (559) on 22 Dec 2015

Even as it gets stuck between stations, Joy is an engaging - and, at the right moments, enraging - tale about both perseverance and the psychology…

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By Mike Mcgranaghan (1,821) for Aisle Seat (1,783) on 22 Dec 2015

Joy is not the best movie Russell and Lawrence have made together, but it is, for the most part, a witty and engrossing look at a sister who's…

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By Travis Hopson (923) for Examiner.com (1,617) on 22 Dec 2015

Russell indulges in some of his madcap tendencies, but he's fortunate to have the one actress who can carry the film on her capable shoulders…

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By Stephen Rebello (292) for Playboy Online (295) on 22 Dec 2015

The film has heart, boundless chaotic energy, heartfelt sincerity and laughs that sting…

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By Ali Plumb (26) for Digital Spy (1,161) on 22 Dec 2015

Slick and entertaining, Joy is just a little too slight for this much Oscar-worthy talent…

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By David Medsker (361) for Bullz-Eye.com (1,091) on 22 Dec 2015

David O. Russell seems so hell-bent on milking the irony of the film's title that he loses sight of how unbalanced it all is…

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By Lou Lumenick (2,103) for New York Post (6,650) on 22 Dec 2015

Mostly it’s up to Lawrence to wring all the drama and pathos she can out of a battle over patent rights that pushes Joy to the brink of bankruptcy…

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