Clown: Folie à Deux Revealed to the public on Wednesday, it’s the follow-up to Todd Phillips’ hit commercial film clown The film will premiere at the 2024 Venice Film Festival and the first reviews have been released.
The Warner Bros. film stars Joaquin Phoenix, who won the Best Actor Oscar for his performance in the 2019 film, as Arthur Fleck/Joker. Lady Gaga has also joined the sequel, playing the key role of Harley Quinn, the Joker’s equally injured companion in crime. exist Clown: Folie à DeuxArthur Fleck was sent to Arkham Asylum to await trial for his role as the Joker. According to the previously released trailer, it was there that he found his true love for Gaga’s Harley Quinn and “the music that was always inside him.”
Clown: Folie à Deux Brendan Gleeson and Catherine Keener also star. Zazie Beetz reprises her role clown. The sequel is scheduled to be released on October 4.
Read on to see what the critics have to say Clown: Folie à Deuxhas received mixed reviews so far.
hollywood reporterChief film critic David Rooney called pas de deux “Uneven,” wrote that while Gaga’s performance deserves praise, the sequel falters with a “narrative that’s a bit weak and, at times, bland.” He noted that “Phillips and co-writer Scott Silver were very successful in the first film. clown Possessing the solid bones of more than one Martin Scorsese film, taxi driver and king of comedyupon which to hang their stories and set their tone. The story is built more on a conceit than a solid story foundation.
Jo-Ann Titmarsh writes in London evening standardagreed with Rooney, noting that the film lacked a “thrill of excitement” and a “feeling of frantic control.” She added, “Despite the fascinating and complex protagonist, the film is ultimately dull and boring, slowly taking us to nowhere.”
at the same time, vultureAlison Wilmore believes that one of the main problems with the film is that Arthur “isn’t that interesting despite how much effort Phoenix put into rendering the character’s anguished mental and dented physical detail.” She also wrote that even if Arthur “thought he was seizing control,” he would have become “a punching bag for the world and, more importantly, for the director, who allowed the character to be insulted so much that he actually It stopped being pathetic and started to look like the punchline to a long, fat joke.
The GuardianPeter Bradshaw believes that despite the widespread publicity for Gaga’s starring role, she was underutilized in the sequel, noting that the film’s “story structure didn’t do her any favours” ”. [Gaga’s] There is great opportunity for character development.
However, some critics thoroughly enjoyed Phillips’ fresh take on the Joker and his lover.
“Phillips and Silver accomplished what everyone least expected: a socially responsible Joker movie that found a fun way to explore the consequences of the first film (on and off screen),” New MEMatthew Turner writes. “clown Fans shouldn’t cry too hard, though – Warner Bros. has smartly found a way to leave the door open a little for the franchise to continue when needed.
independentGeoffrey Macnab opined that Phillips “has been touring Hollywood for at least a century” with musical sequences and references to various classics, “clearly having fun in the director’s chair.” “. He found Phoenix’s performance “remains powerful and exciting” and made the audience “care about Arthur, despite his neediness and insanity”.
John Nugent empire Also felt that the musical moments helped the story, writing: “Phoenix and Gaga’s unorthodox, unvarnished delivery of the songs sold so well that the dialogue-lite script couldn’t – Burt Bacharach (Burt Bacharach)’s “Close to You” has rarely been performed so chillingly, and Arthur’s performance of “For Once In My Life,” in particular, was a wonderful blend of quiet menace and genuine enthusiasm.
