So I recently watched Joy and I'm here to bring you my review. So without further ado.................
A story of a family across four generations, centered on the girl who becomes the woman who founds a business dynasty and becomes a matriarch in her own right. Facing betrayal, treachery, the loss of innocence and the scars of love, Joy (played by Jennifer Lawrence) becomes a true boss of family and enterprise in a world of unforgiving commerce. Allies become adversaries and adversaries become allies, both inside and outside the family, as Joy's inner life and fierce imagination carry her through the storm she faces.
This was a really disappointing film. David O'Russell is a brilliant director and eh has brought us some pretty great films over the years and especially his most recent work of The Fighter, Silver Linings Playbook and American Hustle, but he has style that tends to overshadow his great work. He often borrows from Martin Scorsese and while it's understandable for any director to do so, he does it to the point where he often copy's him and takes away from what could be a great film and he uses them a lot in this film, but not as much as previous films. Jennifer Lawrence gives a fabulous performance and it's one that will be nominated for a Best Actress Oscar and while he co-star Bradly Cooper won't get nominated, he does give a performance that would be nominated in any other year and they show that when they are on screen together they have excellent chemistry. Robert DeNiro also gives a magnificent performance and he seems to be giving quite a few of those since he has been working on films with David O'Russell. Overall the film itself does a great job of telling the rags to riches story of Joy Mangano, but the directing techniques of David O'Russell overshadows what the film could've ultimately been. I give Joy a 6.5 out of 10.
So ladies and gentlemen what did you think of Joy, what would you rate it and what did you think of my review? Let me know in the comments section below and let your voice be heard.
Jonah Sparks
A story of a family across four generations, centered on the girl who becomes the woman who founds a business dynasty and becomes a matriarch in her own right. Facing betrayal, treachery, the loss of innocence and the scars of love, Joy (played by Jennifer Lawrence) becomes a true boss of family and enterprise in a world of unforgiving commerce. Allies become adversaries and adversaries become allies, both inside and outside the family, as Joy's inner life and fierce imagination carry her through the storm she faces.
This was a really disappointing film. David O'Russell is a brilliant director and eh has brought us some pretty great films over the years and especially his most recent work of The Fighter, Silver Linings Playbook and American Hustle, but he has style that tends to overshadow his great work. He often borrows from Martin Scorsese and while it's understandable for any director to do so, he does it to the point where he often copy's him and takes away from what could be a great film and he uses them a lot in this film, but not as much as previous films. Jennifer Lawrence gives a fabulous performance and it's one that will be nominated for a Best Actress Oscar and while he co-star Bradly Cooper won't get nominated, he does give a performance that would be nominated in any other year and they show that when they are on screen together they have excellent chemistry. Robert DeNiro also gives a magnificent performance and he seems to be giving quite a few of those since he has been working on films with David O'Russell. Overall the film itself does a great job of telling the rags to riches story of Joy Mangano, but the directing techniques of David O'Russell overshadows what the film could've ultimately been. I give Joy a 6.5 out of 10.
So ladies and gentlemen what did you think of Joy, what would you rate it and what did you think of my review? Let me know in the comments section below and let your voice be heard.
Jonah Sparks
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