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Joy is anchored by a strong performance from Jennifer Lawrence, although director David O. Russell's uncertain approach to its fascinating fact-based tale only sporadically sparks bursts of the titular emotion.
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The movie's a shambles, alternatingly agreeable and aggravating, held together by our interest in its heroine and by Lawrence's tremendously sympathetic performance. Jan 3, 2016 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
The movie's a shambles, alternatingly agreeable and aggravating, held together by our interest in its heroine and by Lawrence's tremendously sympathetic performance.
Ty Burr
Russell is almost totally uninterested in the story of how Joy Mangano explored a bizarre and unknown new business model and became its first self-made tycoon, and as a result we aren't interested either. Jan 3, 2016 | Full Review…
Russell is almost totally uninterested in the story of how Joy Mangano explored a bizarre and unknown new business model and became its first self-made tycoon, and as a result we aren't interested either.
Andrew O'Hehir
Joy is a film about life's defiance of expectations. It defies them right back. Dec 29, 2015 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Joy is a film about life's defiance of expectations. It defies them right back.
Adam Cook
Two years after Jennifer Lawrence appeared in David O. Russell's American Hustle, she gets to show some. Dec 28, 2015 | Full Review…
Two years after Jennifer Lawrence appeared in David O. Russell's American Hustle, she gets to show some.
Mara Reinstein
Joy can be viewed as a modern day rags-to-riches fairytale. It's Cinderella without the prince. In a way, that's part of the film's charm. Dec 25, 2015 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
Joy can be viewed as a modern day rags-to-riches fairytale. It's Cinderella without the prince. In a way, that's part of the film's charm.
James Berardinelli
It's clear that the point here isn't people, it's payoff, emotional and otherwise. Dec 25, 2015 | Rating: 1/5 | Full Review…
It's clear that the point here isn't people, it's payoff, emotional and otherwise.
Matthew Lickona
This optimistic, often amusing story is a Lawrence show all the way as she flies the flag for feminism, entrepreneurship and family without missing a beat. Aug 14, 2019 | Full Review…
This optimistic, often amusing story is a Lawrence show all the way as she flies the flag for feminism, entrepreneurship and family without missing a beat.
Udita Jhunjhunwala
It shouldn't come as a surprise that Joy is a rather simple and entertaining film, a biopic of sorts that works best when seen as a strange, unique and slightly true success story. May 24, 2019 | Rating: 7/10 | Full Review…
It shouldn't come as a surprise that Joy is a rather simple and entertaining film, a biopic of sorts that works best when seen as a strange, unique and slightly true success story.
C.J. Prince
A film with all the right parts assembled in a slightly jumbled configuration. Apr 9, 2019 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
A film with all the right parts assembled in a slightly jumbled configuration.
Thom Denson
It's a banana flambé with extra rum that brazenly throws together folksy storytelling, arch soap opera melodrama and a typically eccentric cast into a golden Hollywood crack at the American Dream. Apr 8, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
It's a banana flambé with extra rum that brazenly throws together folksy storytelling, arch soap opera melodrama and a typically eccentric cast into a golden Hollywood crack at the American Dream.
Ben Nicholson
The path the film leads isn't as clear as it needs to be and doesn't make for a phenomenal narrative. Boasted by good performances, but ultimately lacking in a properly developed story. Apr 5, 2019 | Rating: 2.5/5 | Full Review…
The path the film leads isn't as clear as it needs to be and doesn't make for a phenomenal narrative. Boasted by good performances, but ultimately lacking in a properly developed story.
Mae Abdulbaki
Lawrence, yet again, displays her formidable talent and priceless charisma. Feb 20, 2019 | Full Review…
Lawrence, yet again, displays her formidable talent and priceless charisma.
Paula Fleri-Soler
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