Film review: Joker: Folie a Deux is everything and nothing
It's not really a musical, not a courtroom drama, not quite a psychological thriller and not much of a love story, though it tries
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The easiest way to tell you about Joker: Folie a Deux is to tell you what it’s not.
It’s not a musical, despite heavy billing in that department, and a co-starring role by Lady “A Star Is Born” Gaga. Sure, there are songs, mostly from the middle third of the 20th century — Get Happy, World on a String, That’s Life, That’s Entertainment — but they tend to be warbled or sung-spoken, and to peter out just when they should be hitting their stride.