Joker: Folie À Deux review: You'll go Gaga for this gripping Joker sequel, writes BRIAN VINER By Brian Viner Published: 00:01 BST, 4 October 2024 | Updated: 00:12 BST, 4 October 2024 e-mail View comments Joker: Folie À Deux (15, 138 mins) Verdict: Bold, brilliant sequel Rating: A Different Man (15, 112 mins) Verdict: A touching satire Rating: Venice, a city long associated with masks and masquerades, was the perfect place to unveil Joker five years ago; and last month, at the venerable film festival there, it was followed by the sequel, Joker: Folie À Deux. The director is again Todd Phillips, with Joaquin Phoenix once more in the title role, this time joined by Lady Gaga as what I suppose we must call the love interest, although that would undervalue her wonderful performance. We've known since A Star Is Born in 2018 that she can act, but she really is terrific in a bad-girl role.
They'd have loved her at St Trinian's. This film is audaciously different in style from the original, not as electrifying, but bold and brilliant all the same. Arthur is now behind bars, waiting to see whether he will be judged sane enough to stand trial for murder, and in the meantime enjoying his celebrity status with fellow prisoners and even the warders, one of whom, a sadistic Irishman played by Brendan Gleeson , feeds him cigarettes in return for jokes.
Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga in sequel Joker: Folie À Deux Joaquin Phoenix in Joker: Folie a Deux - an American musical psychologica.
