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Coming from someone who really likes the first Joker, I have to say this movie was very disappointing which is a shame since I genuinely had hope for it after seeing the trailers, even with the fact that it was going to be a musical for some odd reason, I was willing to give this movie a chance. But after seeing the low reviews even before the movie fully came out, I felt a bit upset but unsurprised.

I could write a super long list on everything that is bad or just not good about this movie, especially the pointless musical moments, but it really needs to be seen to be believed since there are some people who seem to like this movie, but nothing they could say could defend this movie from being anywhere near great.

However all the negatives aside for the moment, I do think there are positive things about this film. It Is genuinely a very well made movie, the visuals are gorgeous, the score and editing I found to be fantastic, I did like the dark tone this movie had, similar to the first. There are also scenes in this that I thought were good. The performances were especially fantastic, even with the weak script that the actors had to work with, the performances, manly Joaquin Phoenix's performance felt oscar worthy. I wouldn't put this movie near the worst comic movie ever made because the movie at least felt unique.

I do have a lot more to say about this film but overall, Joker: Folie a Deux belongs on the long list of disappointing sequels.

Overall Score: 65/100.