Joker

Joaquin Phoenix, in another outstanding performance.

A movie that borders on genius-repellant, dark, terrifying, disgusting, brilliant and unforgettable.

If there is a meaningful difference between performing and acting, Joaquin Phoenix surely exemplifies the former here, creepily contorting as the Clown Prince of Crime in Todd Phillips' timely, toxic take on the Making of a Murdering Madman.

While it succeeds in aping the superficial aspects of [Martin] Scorsese's style, "Joker" lacks the intelligence or gravitas of Scorsese's best work.

A movie of a cynicism so vast and pervasive as to render the viewing experience even emptier than its slapdash aesthetic does.

Bleak and juvenile

It made me think, it made me feel, it had a powerful performance at its core.

It's a good but deeply affecting movie.

You got to hand it to Joaquin Phoenix for fully inhabited his role of a loner on the verge of psychological breakdown in "Joker".

For all the hype and anxiety surrounding the film, one can't help but walk away asking, all of that noise for this?