Joy

2015 • 124 minutes
4.0
1.39K reviews
61%
Tomatometer
PG-13
Rating
Eligible
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Jennifer Lawrence stars in David O. Russell’s wild story of a family across four generations as Joy, a young woman who builds a business dynasty and becomes a matriarch. Allies become adversaries and adversaries become allies as Joy’s inner life and fierce imagination carry her through a world of unforgiving commerce in this emotional, human comedy also starring Bradley Cooper and Robert De Niro.
Rating
PG-13

Ratings and reviews

4.0
1.39K reviews
Happy Capper
May 4, 2016
Wow! I almost missed a great film due to misleading reviews here. This is an American classic. It has an "It's a Wonderful Life" feel to it, with a little Deer Hunter edge - but doesn't get too dark and delivers in the end. The cast, direction, and production are top notch. Fortunately the script is worthy. Truth is stranger than fiction, in this case - more entertaining too - skip Star Wars and the other crap on demand and rent this winner.
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S E A N
July 22, 2016
I love Jennifer Lawrence as an actress. She is (To me) one of the best actresses of our time. But seriously, what happened here? This movie was bland, predictable, and just plain bad! I expected a lot more from her and Robert in this film. I knew exactly how this movie was going to end 5 minutes into the film. I'm sorry, but after X-Men: Apocalypse and now this, Jennifer Lawrence isn't in the actress she was 2 years ago. (D+)
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Jeff Shellow
April 10, 2016
Which always reflects exponentially negative when they're not met, ergo the '2' . I mean with such a stellar cast (though I fear using that as a qualifier for Deniro is sadly too generous these days) (wow sadder words have never been uttered :/ ) one would truly have high expectations right?But alas they were quickly dashed with this mediocre screenplay & overall just subpar subject matter.Idk, i mean maybe i hoped for some of that 'silver linings playbook' ⚡ to strike twice..ah but there lies the rub
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