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Joker (2019 film)

Joker is a 2019 American psychological thriller film
directed by Todd Phillips from a screenplay he co-wrote Joker
with Scott Silver. The film stars Joaquin Phoenix and is
loosely based on DC Comics characters, including the
Joker. It follows Arthur Fleck, a failed clown and
aspiring stand-up comedian whose descent into mental
illness and nihilism culminates with the emergence of an
alter-ego known as "Joker" and inspires a violent
countercultural revolution against the wealthy in a
decaying Gotham City. Robert De Niro, Zazie Beetz, and
Frances Conroy appear in supporting roles. Distributed
by Warner Bros. Pictures, Joker was produced by
Warner Bros. Pictures and DC Films in association with
Village Roadshow Pictures, Bron Creative and Joint
Effort.
Phillips conceived Joker in 2016 and wrote the script

with Silver throughout 2017. The two were inspired by Theatrical release poster
1970s character studies and the films of Martin
Directed by Todd Phillips
Scorsese, particularly Taxi Driver (1976) and The King
of Comedy (1982); Scorsese was initially attached to the Written by Todd Phillips
project as a producer. The film loosely adapts plot Scott Silver
elements from Batman: The Killing Joke (1988) and
Based on The Joker
The Dark Knight Returns (1986), but Phillips and Silver
by Bob Kane
otherwise did not look to specific comics for inspiration,
Bill Finger
nor did he wish for it to be connected to any prior
Jerry Robinson
Batman film continuity. Phoenix became attached in
Characters
February 2018 and was cast that July, while the
by DC Comics
majority of the cast signed on by August. Principal
Produced by Todd Phillips
photography took place in New York City, Jersey City
and Newark, from September to December 2018. Joker Bradley Cooper
is the first live-action theatrical Batman film to receive Emma Tillinger Koskoff
an R rating from the Motion Picture Association.[a] Starring Joaquin Phoenix
Joker premiered at the 76th Venice International Film Robert De Niro
Festival on August 31, 2019, where it won the Golden Zazie Beetz
Lion, and was theatrically released in the United States Frances Conroy
on October 4. The film's critical reception was mixed but
Cinematography Lawrence Sher
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was a box office success and set records for an October Edited by Jeff Groth
release. It grossed over $1 billion, becoming the first R- Music by Hildur Guðnadóttir
rated film to do so, and it was the highest-grossing R-
Production Warner Bros. Pictures
rated film until being surpassed by Deadpool & companies
Wolverine in 2024. It was also the sixth-highest- DC Films
grossing film of 2019 and received numerous accolades. Village Roadshow Pictures
A sequel, Joker: Folie à Deux, was released on October Bron Creative
4, 2024, to commercial and critical failure. Joint Effort
Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures
Plot Release dates August 31, 2019 (Venice)

October 4, 2019 (United
Arthur Fleck is a professional clown and aspiring stand- States)
up comedian who lives with his mother, Penny, in the
Running time 122 minutes[1]
crime- and recession-ridden city of Gotham, New York.
He suffers from a neurological disorder that causes him Country United States
to have random, uncontrollable laughing fits, requiring Language English
medication he depends on social services to obtain. One Budget $55–70 million
day, after Arthur is attacked by street youths while on Box office $1.079 billion[2][3]
the job, his co-worker Randall gives him a revolver for
self-defense. Arthur pursues a relationship with his
neighbor, single mother Sophie Dumond, and invites her to see his routine at a comedy club.
Arthur drops the gun on the floor while performing at a children's hospital, leading to his firing. While
riding home on the subway and still wearing his clown make-up, he is mocked and assaulted by three
drunk businessmen from Wayne Investments. He fatally shoots two of them in self-defense and
murders the third as he attempts to flee. Their employer, billionaire mayoral candidate Thomas
Wayne, condemns the killings, but protesters begin sporting clown masks in Arthur's image. Budget
cuts shut down the social services program, leaving Arthur without his medication.
Sophie attends Arthur's stand-up routine, which fails due to his disorder and his jokes falling flat.
Arthur intercepts a letter from Penny to Thomas apparently revealing that he is Thomas's illegitimate
son, and berates his mother for hiding the truth of his parentage. He goes to Wayne Manor, where he
meets Thomas's young son Bruce, but flees after a scuffle with family butler Alfred Pennyworth.
Penny suffers a stroke and is hospitalized. Arthur's idol, popular late-night talk show host Murray
Franklin, presents clips of Arthur's failed performance on his show and mockingly calls him a "joker".
Arthur confronts Thomas at a movie theatre. Thomas denies being his father, claiming that Penny is
not his biological mother. In denial, Arthur visits Arkham State Hospital and reads Penny's file, which
states she was a delusional narcissist who adopted Arthur while working as a housekeeper for the
Waynes. She developed an imaginary intimate relationship with Thomas, which included Arthur being
their biological son. At the same time, Penny raised Arthur with an abusive boyfriend who physically
and sexually abused him, which Penny ignored, leading to his neurological disorder. A distraught
Arthur enters Sophie's apartment unannounced. Frightened, she kindly asks him to leave, revealing
their relationship to be a figment of Arthur's imagination. The following day, Arthur smothers Penny
with a pillow at the hospital.

Arthur is soon invited to be on Murray's show. He subsequently plans to kill himself with his revolver
during the broadcast. While crafting a clown-inspired persona, he is visited by Randall and another ex-
colleague, Gary. Arthur fatally stabs Randall, but spares Gary for being kind to him in the past. Two
detectives investigating Arthur's involvement in the subway murders pursue him onto a train filled
with clown protesters. Arthur incites a brawl, during which one detective accidentally shoots and kills a
protester. The other protesters, in turn, beat the detectives while Arthur escapes.
At the studio, Arthur asks Murray to introduce him as "Joker", a reference to his earlier mockery. As
the show goes live, Arthur tells morbid jokes, confesses to the subway murders, rants about societal
neglect on the downtrodden, and berates Murray for ridiculing him. After a final joke, Arthur shoots
and kills Murray during the live broadcast. Arthur is arrested, and riots erupt across the city. Looters
in an ambulance crash into the police car carrying Arthur and free him. Meanwhile, one rioter corners
the Wayne family in an alley and murders Thomas and his wife Martha, sparing Bruce. Arthur stands
atop the police car, dances to the cheers of the crowd, and smears blood on his face into the shape of a
smile.
At Arkham, Arthur laughs to himself about a joke during a session with his new therapist. He declines
telling it to her, affirming she would not understand it. After the session, he leaves behind a trail of
bloodied shoeprints as an orderly chases him down.
Cast
Joaquin Phoenix as Arthur Fleck
/ Joker: A mentally ill,
impoverished party clown and
stand-up comedian disregarded
by society,[4] whose history of
abuse causes him to become a
nihilistic criminal with a clown-
inspired persona.[5] Phoenix
had been interested in a low-
budget "character study" of a
comic book character and said Joaquin Phoenix Robert De Niro Zazie Beetz
the film "feels unique, it is its
own world in some ways and
maybe [...] It might as well be the thing that scares you the most".[6] Phoenix lost 52 pounds (23 kg) for
his role in the film.[7][8][9]
Robert De Niro as Murray Franklin:[10] A talk show host who plays a role in Arthur's downfall.[11] De
Niro said his role in Joker pays homage to his character from The King of Comedy (1982), Rupert
Pupkin, who is a comedian obsessed with a talk-show host.[10]
Zazie Beetz as Sophie Dumond:[12] A cynical single mother and Arthur's "love interest".[12][13] Beetz,
a huge fan of Phoenix, said that it was an honor to costar with him[14] and that she learned a lot
working with him on set.[15]
Frances Conroy as Penny Fleck: Arthur's mentally and physically ill mother,[16] who formerly worked
for Thomas Wayne.[17]

Hannah Gross as young Penny.[18]

Additionally, Brett Cullen portrays Thomas Wayne, a billionaire running for mayor of Gotham.[1 9] Alec
Baldwin was initially cast in the role, but dropped out due to scheduling conflicts.[20][21 ] Carrie Louise
Putrello portrays Thomas's wife Martha, although the character has no dialogue (she only screams)
and is never referred to by name.[22] Douglas Hodge plays Alfred Pennyworth, the butler and
caretaker of the Wayne family,[23] and Dante Pereira-Olson plays Bruce Wayne, Thomas' son.[24][25]
Additional cast members include Glenn Fleshler and Leigh Gill as Randall Kleinmanhoffer and Gary
Puddles, Arthur's clown co-workers;[26][27 ] Bill Camp and Shea Whigham as detectives Garrity and
Burke in the Gotham City Police Department ;[28] Marc Maron as Gene Ufland, a producer on
Franklin's show;[29][30] Sharon Washington as Arthur's social worker, Debra Kane; Josh Pais as Hoyt
Vaughn, Arthur's boss;[26][31 ] Brian Tyree Henry as Clark, a clerk at Arkham State Hospital; Frank
Wood as Dr. Benjamin Stoner, Penny Fleck's former therapist;[32] Ben Warheit , Michael Benz and Carl
Lundstedt as the three Wayne Investments employees who harass Arthur on the subway;[33] Gary
Gulman and Sam Morril as comedians at an open mic where Arthur performs;[33][34] and Bryan
Callen as Javier, a co-worker of Arthur.[35] Justin Theroux has an uncredited cameo as Ethan Chase, a
celebrity guest on Franklin's show.[36]
Production
Development
Between 2014 and 2015, Joaquin Phoenix expressed interest to his agent
in acting in a low-budget "character study" type of film about a comic
book villain, like DC Comics character the Joker,[6] before Phillips pitched
Joker in 2016.[37 ] Phoenix had previously declined to act in the Marvel
Cinematic Universe (MCU) because he would have been required to
reprise a role, such as Bruce Banner / Hulk (initially portrayed by Edward
Norton before he was recast by Mark Ruffalo) or Stephen Strange /
Doctor Strange (ultimately portrayed by Benedict Cumberbatch), in
multiple films.[38] Phoenix ruled out the Joker for his "character study"
idea and tried to think of a different one. "I thought, 'You can't do the
Joker, because, you know, it's just you can't do that character, it's just
Jok er director Todd Phillips
been done'". Phoenix's agent suggested setting up an exploratory meeting
in 2016
with Warner Bros., but he declined and let go of the idea.[6] Similarly,
Todd Phillips had been offered to direct comic-based films a number of
times, but declined because he thought they were "loud" and did not interest him. According to
Phillips, Joker spawned from his idea to create a different, more grounded comic book film.[39] He was
attracted to the Joker because he did not think there was a definitive portrayal of the character, which
he knew would provide considerable creative freedom.[40]

Phillips pitched the idea for Joker to Warner Bros. after his film War Dogs premiered in August
2016.[39] Prior to War Dogs, Phillips was mostly known for his comedy films, such as Road Trip
(2000), Old School (2003) and The Hangover (2009); War Dogs marked a venture into more
unsettling territory.[41 ] During the premiere, Phillips realized "War Dogs wasn't going to set the world
on fire and I was thinking, 'What do people really want to see?'"[39] In addition, he found that it was
difficult to make comedy films in the "woke culture", throughout opposition of "30 million people on
Twitter". He finally thought that "How do I do something irreverent, but fuck comedy? Oh I know,
let's take the comic book movie universe and turn it on its head with this".[42] He proposed that DC
Films differentiate its slate from the competing Marvel Studios' by producing low-budget, standalone
films.[43][44] After the successful release of Wonder Woman (2017), DC Films decided to deemphasize
the shared nature of its DC-based film franchise, the DC Extended Universe (DCEU).[45] In August
2017, Warner Bros. and DC Films revealed plans for the film, with Phillips directing and co-writing
with Scott Silver and Martin Scorsese set to co-produce with Phillips.[46] According to Tatiana Siegel
of The Hollywood Reporter, Scorsese considered directing Joker before Phillips was chosen, though a
Warner Bros. source said he only became involved because the film needed a New York City-based
producer.[47 ]
According to Kim Masters and Borys Kit of The Hollywood Reporter, Jared Leto, who portrayed the
Joker in the DCEU, was displeased by the existence of a project separate from his
interpretation.[48][49] In October 2019, Masters reported that Leto "felt 'alienated and upset'" when
he learned that Warner Bros.—which had promised him a standalone DCEU Joker film—let Phillips
proceed with Joker, going as far as to ask his music manager Irving Azoff to get the project canceled.
Masters added that Leto's irritation was what caused him to end his association with Creative Artists
Agency (CAA), as he believed "his agents should have told him about the Phillips project earlier and
fought harder for his version of Joker". However, sources associated with Leto deny that he attempted
to get Joker canceled and left CAA because of it.[49]
Warner Bros. pushed for Phillips to cast Leonardo DiCaprio as the Joker,[41 ] hoping to use his frequent
collaborator Scorsese's involvement to attract him.[48] However, Phillips said that Phoenix was the
only actor he considered,[50] and that he and Silver wrote the script with Phoenix in mind, "The goal
was never to introduce Joaquin Phoenix into the comic book movie universe. The goal was to introduce
comic book movies into the Joaquin Phoenix universe".[51 ] Phoenix said when he learned of the film,
he became excited because it was the kind he was looking to make, describing it as unique and stating
it did not feel like a typical "studio movie".[6] It took him some time to commit to the role, as it
intimidated him and he said "oftentimes, in these movies, we have these simplified, reductive
archetypes and that allows for the audience to be distant from the character, just like we would do in
real life, where it's easy to label somebody as evil and therefore say, 'Well, I'm not that.'"[51 ]
Writing
Phillips and Silver wrote Joker
It was a yearlong process from when we finished the
throughout 2017 and the writing
script just to get the new people on board with this
process took about a year.[52]
vision, because I pitched it to an entirely different team
According to producer Emma Tillinger
than made it. There were emails about: 'You realize we
Koskoff, it took some time to get
approval for the script from Warner sell Joker pajamas at Target.' There were a zillion
Bros., partly because of concerns over hurdles, and you just sort of had to navigate those one at
the content. Similarly, Phillips a time [...] At the time, I would curse them in my head
commented that there were "a zillion every day. But then I have to put it in perspective and
hurdles" during the year-long writing go, 'They're pretty bold that they did this.'
process due to the visibility of the
character.[39] Phillips said that while – Todd Phillips[39]
the script's themes may reflect modern
society, the film was not intended to be
political.[52] He also noted that Joker is a story about child trauma and mental illness.[53][54] In their
script, Phillips talked about how difficult it is for patients to reveal their diagnoses, referring to a line
from the film: "The worst part of having a mental illness is that people expect you to behave as if you
don't".[54]
The script draws inspiration from Scorsese films such as Taxi Driver (1976), Raging Bull (1980) and
The King of Comedy (1982), as well as Phillips' Hangover Trilogy.[41 ][46][55] Other films Phillips has
cited as inspiration include character studies released in the 1970s—such as Serpico (1973) and One
Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)—the silent film The Man Who Laughs (1928) and several
musicals. Phillips said that aside from the tone, he did not consider Joker that different from his
previous work, such as his Hangover films.[52] The film's premise was inspired by Alan Moore and
Brian Bolland's graphic novel Batman: The Killing Joke (1988), which depicts the Joker as a failed
stand-up comedian,[39] while the climactic talk show scene was inspired by a similar scene in Frank
Miller's The Dark Knight Returns (1986).[56] However, Phillips said the film does not "follow anything
from the comic books... That's what was interesting to me. We're not even doing Joker, but the story of
becoming Joker".[57 ] Phillips later clarified that he meant they did not look to a specific comic for
inspiration, but rather "picked and chose what we liked" from the character's history.[58] Having
grown up in New York, Phillips also drew inspiration from life in New York City during the early
1980s.[59] The Subway shooting scene and its aftermath were inspired by the 1984 New York City
Subway shooting,[59][60] while Arthur Fleck is partially based on the shooting's perpetrator, Bernhard
Goetz.[60][59]
Phillips and Silver found the most common Joker origin story, in which the character is disfigured after
falling into a vat of acid, too unrealistic.[39] Instead, they used certain elements of the Joker lore to
produce an original story,[61 ] which Phillips wanted to feel as authentic as possible.[39] Because the
Joker does not have a definitive origin story in the comics, Phillips and Silver were given considerable
creative freedom and "pushed each other every day to come up with something totally insane".[52]
While the Joker had appeared in several films before, Phillips thought it was possible to produce a new
story featuring the character. "It's just another interpretation, like people do interpretations of
Macbeth", he told The New York Times.[50] However, they did try to retain the ambiguous "multiple
choice" nature of the Joker's past by positioning the character as an unreliable narrator—with entire
storylines simply being his delusions[40]—and left what mental illnesses he suffers from unclear.[41 ] As
such, Phillips said the entire film is open to interpretation.[40]

When a draft of the film's script, written in April 2018, was leaked and spread on the internet, Phillips
stated that it was an old version from six months before filming began.[62] Phillips also declined to take
legal action against the spread of the script, stating that he liked having an old version circulate.[63]
Pre-production
Following the disappointing critical and financial
performance of Justice League (2017), in January 2018
Walter Hamada replaced Jon Berg as the head of DC-based
film production at Warner Bros.[65] Hamada sorted through
the various DC films in development, canceling some while
advancing work on others; the film was set to begin filming
in late 2018 with a small budget of $55 million.[66] Kim
The logo of Jok er. Chad Danielely created
Masters of The Hollywood Reporter said Warner Bros. was
the logo by letterpress, using old wood
reluctant to let Joker move forward and gave it a small type.[64]
budget in an effort to dissuade Phillips. [49] Phillips said that
Hamada did not understand what he was trying to do.[67 ]
By June, Robert De Niro was under consideration for a supporting role in the film.[68] The deal with
Phoenix was finalized in July 2018,[69] after four months of persuasion from Phillips.[39] Immediately
afterwards,[69] Warner Bros. officially green-lit the film,[7 0] titled it Joker and gave it an October 4,
2019, release date.[7 1 ] Warner Bros. described the film as "an exploration of a man disregarded by
society [that] is not only a gritty character study, but also a broader cautionary tale".[7 2]
Scorsese's longtime associate Koskoff joined to produce,[7 3][7 4] although Scorsese left his producing
duties due to other obligations.[7 3] Scorsese considered serving as an executive producer, but was
preoccupied with his film The Irishman (2019).[39] It was also confirmed that the film would have no
effect on Leto's Joker and would be the first in a new series of DC films unrelated to the DCEU.[7 5][66]
In July, Zazie Beetz was cast in a supporting role and De Niro entered negotiations in August.[1 1 ][1 3]
Frances McDormand declined an offer to portray the mother of the Joker and Frances Conroy was
cast.[7 6][1 6] At the end of July, Marc Maron and Bryan Callen joined the cast.[30][29][7 7 ] Alec Baldwin
was cast as Thomas Wayne on August 27, but dropped out two days later due to scheduling
conflicts.[21 ] Baldwin also noted the character's description as a reason for his departure, which called
Thomas Wayne "a cheesy and tanned businessman who is more in the mold of a 1980s Donald
Trump".[7 8]
Filming
Principal photography commenced in September 2018 in New York City,[b] under the working title
Romeo.[81 ] Shortly after filming began, De Niro, Brett Cullen, Shea Whigham, Glenn Fleshler, Bill
Camp, Josh Pais and Douglas Hodge were announced to have joined the film, with Cullen replacing
Baldwin.[26][82] Bradley Cooper joined the film as a producer,[83] and the director of photography was
Lawrence Sher, both of whom Phillips had previously collaborated with.[26] On September 22, a scene
depicting a violent protest was filmed at the Church Avenue station in Kensington, Brooklyn,[84]

although the station was modified to look like the Bedford Park
Boulevard station in the Bronx .[85] Filming of violent scenes also
took place at the abandoned lower platform of the Ninth Avenue
station in Sunset Park, Brooklyn.[86]
According to Beetz, Phillips rewrote the entire script during

production; because Phoenix lost so much weight for the film,
there would not be an opportunity for reshoots. She recalled, "we
would go into Todd's trailer and write the scene for the night and
The Newark Paramount Theatre.
then do it. During hair and makeup we'd memorize those lines and
Street scenes were filmed in front of
then do them and then we'd reshoot that three weeks later".[87 ] the abandoned theater in Downtown
Phillips recalled Phoenix sometimes walked off-set during filming Newark, New Jersey.
because he lost self-control and needed to compose himself—to the
confusion of other actors, who felt they had done something wrong.
De Niro was one of the few Phoenix never walked out on and De
Niro said he was "very intense in what he was doing, as it should be,
as he should be".[88]
Filming in Jersey City started on September 30 and shut down

Newark Avenue, while filming in November, starting on November
9, shut down Kennedy Boulevard. Filming in Newark began on
October 13 and lasted until October 16.[81 ] Shortly before the
A New York City Subway C train
Newark filming, SAG-AFTRA received a complaint that extras were with a rollsign for the fictional 0
locked in subway cars for more than three hours during filming in train left over from filming for Jok er
Brooklyn, a break violation. The issue was quickly resolved after a
representative visited the set.[89] That month, Dante Pereira-Olson
joined the cast as a young Bruce Wayne.[23] Whigham said towards the end of October the film was in
"the middle" of production, adding that it was an "intense" and "incredible" experience.[28] By mid-
November, filming had moved back to New York.[90] Filming wrapped on December 3, 2018,[91 ] with
Phillips posting a picture on his Instagram feed later in the month to commemorate the occasion.[92]
In The Hollywood Reporter interview, Emma Tillinger Koskoff said that most stressful filming was
the "Stair Dance" scene; because there were no laws on paparazzi in New York City, filming was
disrupted by them.[93] The South Bronx stairs used for the biographical crime film American
Gangster (2007) were originally to be used for these scenes, according to The New York Times, but
were deemed too repaved and beautified to be aesthetically acceptable for the film's tone.[94] Initially,
Lawrence Sher and Phillips had wanted to film on 65mm film for the 70mm format, but Warner Bros.
rejected this due to cost, and the film was subsequently shot with Arri Alexa 65 digital cameras.
Warner Bros. did however end up giving Joker a limited theatrical release in converted 70mm and
35mm presentations.[95]
Post-production

Phillips confirmed he was in the process of editing Joker in March 2019.[96] At CinemaCon the
following month, he stated the film was "still taking shape" and was difficult to discuss, as he hoped to
maintain secrecy.[97 ] Phillips also denied most reports surrounding the film, which he felt was because
it is "an origin story about a character that doesn't have a definitive origin".[98] Brian Tyree Henry
was also confirmed to have a role in the film.[31 ] The visual effects were provided by Scanline VFX and
Shade VFX and supervised by Matthew Giampa and Bryan Godwin, with Erwin Rivera serving as the
overall supervisor.[99] Joker used less VFX work than other comics films, except few scenes including
that Arthur smeared smile by his blood in crowd.[1 00]
One scene that was cut from the film depicted Sophie watching Arthur's appearance on Franklin's
show. The scene was intended to show the audience that she is still alive (as the film otherwise implies
that Arthur kills her), but Phillips decided it would disrupt the narrative, which is portrayed from
Arthur's point of view.[1 01 ] In another deleted scene, Arthur reveals his crimes to a co-worker; the
scene was ultimately removed because it provided "too much information" in the form of
exposition.[1 02] According to one source, the film's original script ended with Arthur carving himself a
Glasgow smile in front of his crowd of supporters, but the idea got shot down by then Warner Bros.
executive Christopher Nolan, who mandated that only Heath Ledger's version of the Joker from his
film The Dark Knight (2008) should have a Glasgow smile.[1 03]
The film's final budget was $55–70 million, considered by The Hollywood Reporter "a fraction" of the
cost of a typical comic book-based film.[66][1 04] In comparison, the previous villain-centered DC film,
Suicide Squad (2016), cost $175 million.[41 ] $25 million of Joker's budget was covered by the
Toronto-based financing company Creative Wealth Media, while Village Roadshow Pictures and Bron
Studios each contributed 25%.[1 05][1 04] Joker was also the first live-action theatrical film in the
Batman film franchise to receive an R rating from the Motion Picture Association of America, officially
for "strong bloody violence, disturbing behavior, language and brief sexual images".[1 06] In the United
Kingdom, the BBFC gave the film a 15 certificate for "strong bloody violence [and] language".[1 ]
Design
Set
Gotham City in Joker was set in 1980s New York City, according to Todd Phillips, "to separate it, quite
frankly, from the DC universe".[1 07 ] Mark Friedberg, the production designer of this film, said he
established the filming location of Gotham Square in Newark as a film set because there was still
poverty.[1 08] He wanted Gotham to look like a gritty city, as described in Taxi Driver (1976), so he
named all structures and lines in this film and drew a specific map of Gotham city.[1 09] He displayed
1970s brightly colored muscle cars on the set, "conveying dissonance and being awful and beautiful at
the same time". He also tried to describe Gotham as a decaying city through graffiti, garbage on the
road and cracked sidewalks.[1 1 0][1 1 1 ] The VFX team added fictional buildings, changing the skyline of
the city to give the sense that the city was pressing down on Arthur.[1 1 2] Lawrence Sher said sodium-
vapor lights were used in this film, representing Arthur's isolation and his more hopeful side.[1 1 3]

Arkham State Hospital is based on Arkham Asylum.[36] Warner

Bros. Korea explained that it is a more realistic name in the real
world.[1 1 4] The exterior of Arkham State hospital was filmed at
Brooklyn Army Terminal,[1 1 5] while the interior was pictured in
Metropolitan Hospital Center of Harlem.[1 1 6] Throughout the film,
two walls are shown inside Arkham State Hospital; one is clearly
white in the first and last scenes, the other is dirty yellow in the
scene in which Arthur runs with a medical report. This difference
was intended to make the audience confused and to question the Arch bridge in Brooklyn Army
possibility that Arthur had been in hospital the entire Terminal, used to depict the exterior
time.[36][1 1 4] of Arkham State Hospital.
Character design
One of the most important inspirations for Arthur's behavior came from the Little Tramp in Modern
Times (1936), while his "ridiculous" movement was inspired by Charlie Chaplin.[36][1 1 2] Arthur's
dance was influenced by that of Ray Bolger, and his gesture of making a smile from two fingers was
from the Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz (1939).[42][1 1 7 ] In preparation, Phoenix ate a single sparse
meal per day for 8 months, losing 52 pounds (24 kg) to look "wolf-like and malnourished and
hungry",[39][1 1 8][8] and watched videos of people suffering from pathological laughter to refine his own
laughter for the role.[1 1 9] He sought to portray a character whom audiences could not relate to and did
not look to previous Joker actors for inspiration; instead, he read a book about political assassinations
so he could understand killers and their motivations.[5] Phillips identified Arthur's normal face as being
his "real mask", while Joker served as his true personality.[1 20] He had also identified the genuine
laugh occurring only in the last scene.[1 21 ] Director Todd Phillips said that he intentionally left it
ambiguous as to whether Arthur becomes the Joker of traditional Batman stories or inspires a
separate character,[40] although Phoenix believes that Arthur is the former.[1 22][1 23]
Make-up and costumes

Nicki Ledermann and Kay Georgiou, the makeup designer and hairstylist tried to show Arthur Fleck
to "be handmade and realistic". Georgiou designated Arthur as a man with unwashed hair. Arthur's
costumes, designed by Mark Bridges, were matched to look "aged, overdyed and distressed" through
wearing him with cheap polyester pants and an acrylic sweater. His color palette was inspired by the
aesthetics of the 1980s: blue, maroon, brown, mauve and gray.[1 24] Bridges explained Arthur 's
costume color started from a "juvenile mode" and later changing to align with the tone of the film.[1 25]
In the first scene, Arthur's "too small" hooded jacket and white socks emphasizes the childish concept,
being a reflection of him living with his mother Penny, with her calling him "my little boy",[1 24] and the
influence of Charlie Chaplin.[1 26] However, he wore a charcoal sweater during the scene in which he is
interviewed by the social worker and finally wore a "scab-colored knit top" in Arkham State
Hospital.[1 25] A line depicting his old suit for many years was interpreted a mustard-toned vest and a
patterned bottle-green shirt.[1 24]

After turning Arthur into Joker, his design was also changed. His hair was dyed "broccoli" green and
he wore a suit similar to the one in the original Batman series.[1 24][1 25] However, the Joker suit in this
film had different colors compared to previous films (purple suit with a green or yellow shirt). Mark
Bridges noted that it was result of Phillips' intention to not want to be "connected to anything else".
Initially, the color of the suit in the script was set to terracotta, but Bridges changed this to red to give
"more expressive" emotion. Additionally, his suit colors (green, yellow, purple and red) were
contrasted with those of his antagonists, including Thomas Wayne, giving them to gray and blue like
Batman. Clown makeup was drawn with a classic, antique feel, with darker colors and tones and
menacing eyebrows. Due to copyright laws stating that no two clowns can look alike, Ledermann faced
a challenge.[1 24]
Music
In August 2018, Hildur Guðnadóttir was hired to compose the film's score.[1 27 ] Hildur began writing
music after reading the script and meeting with Phillips, who "had a lot of strong ideas" about how he
thought the score should sound. She worked on the Joker score alongside the score for the drama
miniseries Chernobyl; Hildur told The Hindu's Divya-Kala Bhavani switching between the two was
challenging because the scores were so different.[1 28]
Additionally, the film features the songs "That's Life", "Send In the Clowns", "White Room" and "Rock
and Roll Part 2".[41 ][1 29] The use of "Rock and Roll Part 2" generated controversy when it was
reported that its singer, convicted child sex offender Gary Glitter, would receive royalties,[1 30] but it
was later confirmed he would not since he had long since sold the rights.[1 29] The score was released
on October 2, 2019, by WaterTower Music.[1 31 ] Hildur's music won numerous awards including an
Academy Award, a Satellite Award, a Saturn Award, the Hollywood Music in Media Awards (HMMA)
and the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score, with the latter making her the first woman to win
as a solo composer in that category.[1 32][1 33]
Marketing
Phillips promoted Joker by posting on set photos on his Instagram account.[1 34] On September 21,
2018, he released test footage of Phoenix in-costume as the Joker, with "Laughing" by The Guess Who
accompanying the footage.[1 35] At CinemaCon on April 2, 2019, Phillips unveiled the first trailer for
the film,[31 ] which was released online the following day.[1 36] The trailer, prominently featuring the
song "Smile" performed by Jimmy Durante, generated positive responses, with some commentators
comparing it to Taxi Driver and Requiem for a Dream (2000) and praising Phoenix's
performance.[1 37 ][1 38] Writers described the trailer as dark and gritty,[1 39] with ComicBook.com's
Jenna Anderson feeling it appeared more like a psychological thriller than a comic book film.[31 ] Actor
Mark Hamill, who has voiced the Joker since the cartoon Batman: The Animated Series (1992–1995),
expressed enthusiasm on Twitter. Conversely, io9's Germain Lussier said the trailer revealed too little
and that it was too similar to photos Phillips had posted on Instagram. While he still believed it
exhibited potential, Lussier overall thought the trailer was not "a home run".[1 40] The trailer received
over eight million views in the first few hours of release.[1 41 ]
On August 25, 2019, Phillips released six brief teasers that contained flashes of writing, revealing the
second trailer would be released on August 28.[1 42] Filmmaker Kevin Smith commended the trailer,
stating he thought the film "would still work even if [DC Comics] didn't exist" and praising its
uniqueness.[1 43] Overall, Deadline Hollywood estimated that Warner Bros. spent $120 million on
promotion and advertisements.[1 04]
After release in theaters, Warner Bros. used negative critics on this film for promotion.[1 44]
Release
Theatrical
Joker had its world premiere at the 76th Venice International Film
Festival on August 31, 2019, where it received an eight-minute
standing ovation and won the Golden Lion award.[1 45][1 46] It also
screened at the Toronto International Film Festival on September
9, 2019.[1 47 ] The film was released theatrically by Warner Bros.
Pictures on October 4, 2019, in the United States and a day earlier
in Australia and several other international markets.[1 48][1 49] On
November 16, 2019, it was screened at the White House for
President Donald Trump, who reportedly enjoyed the film.[1 50]
Some theaters released this movie on 70mm film, by original
intention of the movie's director.[95] Following its nominations at Joaquin Phoenix (left) at the 76th
Venice International Film Festival,
various awards shows, the film was scheduled to be rereleased in
where Jok er premiered
theaters across North America, beginning on January 17,
2020.[1 51 ]
Security concerns
On September 18, 2019, the United States Army distributed an email warning service members of
potential violence at theaters screening the film and noting the Joker character's popularity among the
incel community. A separate memo revealed the Army received "credible" information from Texas
law enforcement "regarding the targeting of an unknown movie theater during the release".[1 52] The
film, forbidden to minors under 17 in the US, was feared to possibly encourage imitations of the
criminal behaviors represented in the film in ordinary life.[1 53] However, according to Deadline
Hollywood, the FBI and the United States Department of Homeland Security found no credible
threats surrounding the release of the film.[1 54]
In an interview with TheWrap, Phillips expressed surprise at criticism of the film's dark tone, stating
"it's because outrage is a commodity" and calling critics of the film "far left".[1 55] Phoenix walked out
of an interview by The Telegraph when asked if the film could inspire mass shooters. He later
returned to finish the interview, but did not answer the question.[1 56][8] Following this, journalists

were disinvited from the premiere at TCL Chinese Theatre, with only photographers being allowed to
interact with the filmmakers and cast on the carpet. In a statement to Variety, Warner Bros. said that
"A lot has been said about Joker and we just feel it's time for people to see the film".[1 57 ][1 58]
The film did not play at the Aurora, Colorado movie theater where the 2012 mass shooting occurred
during a screening of The Dark Knight Rises (2012).[1 59] Three families of victims, as well as the
mother of a witness, signed a letter to Warner Bros. with the request.[1 60] Additionally, Landmark
Theaters prohibited moviegoers from wearing Joker costumes during its run, while the Los Angeles
and New York City Police Departments increased police visibility at area theaters, though they did not
receive "any specific threat".[1 61 ][1 7 ]
Ultimately, despite the aforementioned concerns, screenings of the film proceeded and concluded with
no reports of violent incidents.[1 62]
Home media
Joker was released on Digital HD on December 17, 2019, and on DVD, Blu-ray and Ultra HD Blu-ray
on January 7, 2020.[1 63] It debuted on HBO on May 16, 2020, and on HBO Max when it launched on
May 27, 2020.[1 64]
Reception
Box office
Joker grossed $335.5 million in the United States and Canada and $743.5 million in other territories,
for a worldwide total of $1.079 billion.[2][3] It is the sixth-highest-grossing film of 2019 and the second
highest-grossing R-rated film of all time,[1 65][1 66] as well as the first and only R-rated film to pass the
billion-dollar mark until Deadpool & Wolverine in 2024.[1 67 ] In terms of budget-to-gross ratio, Joker
is also the most profitable film based on a comic book,[1 68] due to its small budget and little decline in
week-to-week grosses during its theatrical run, surpassing the record previously held by Deadpool
(2016).[1 69] Deadline Hollywood estimated the film made a net profit of $437 million, when factoring
together all expenses and revenues.[1 7 0]
In August 2019, BoxOffice magazine analyst Shawn Robbins wrote that he expected Joker to gross
$60–90 million during its opening weekend in North America.[1 7 1 ] Following the film's premiere,
BoxOffice predicted Joker could open to $70–95 million domestically.[1 7 2] Later updating to $85–
105 million, Robbins suggested it could become the first October release to open to over $100 million
and surpass the record set by Venom (2018).[1 7 3] However, Comscore's senior media analyst Paul
Dergarabedian thought the film would open closer to $50 million because it is not a "typical comic-
book movie".[1 7 4] Three weeks prior to its release, official industry tracking projected the film would
debut to $65–80 million, with some estimates going as high as $90 million.[1 7 5] The week of its
release, Atom Tickets announced pre-sale totals for the film were outpacing those of Venom and It
Chapter Two ($91.1 million debut) and that Joker was its second-best-selling R-rated film of 2019
behind John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum.[1 7 6]
Joker opened in 4,374 theaters in North America and made $39.9 million on its first day of release,
including $13.3 million from Thursday night previews, besting Venom's respective October
records.[1 04] The film also had the biggest October opening day of any film, beating out Halloween
(2018).[1 7 7 ] It went on to break Venom 's record for having the biggest October opening weekend,
finishing with a domestic total of $96.2 million. The film set career records for Phoenix, Phillips and De
Niro and was the fourth-largest debut for an R-rated film of all time.[1 7 8] The latter record would
cross over The Matrix Reloaded (2003), staying behind Deadpool, Deadpool 2 (2018) and It
(2017).[1 7 9] It was also Warner Bros.' biggest domestic opening in two years.[1 80] In its second
weekend, the film fell just 41.8% to $55.9 million, remaining in first and marking the best second-
weekend October total (besting Gravity (2013)'s $43.1 million in 2013).[1 81 ] It made $29.2 million in
its third weekend and $19.2 million in its fourth, finishing second behind Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
both times.[1 82][1 83] After 155 days, Joker 's American theatrical run wrapped up on March 5, 2020,
with a final gross of $355.5 million, making it the fourth-highest domestic gross for an R-rated film,
behind The Passion of the Christ (2004), Deadpool and American Sniper (2014).[1 84]
Worldwide, the film was projected to debut to around $155 million, including $75 million from 73
overseas territories.[1 85] It made $5.4 million from four countries on its first day and $18.7 million
from 47 in its second, for a two-day total of $24.6 million. It went on to greatly exceed expectations,
making $140.5 million from overseas territories and a total $234 million worldwide. Its largest
markets were South Korea (a Warner Bros. record $16.3 million), the United Kingdom ($14.8 million),
Mexico ($13.1 million) and Japan ($7 million).[1 86] With this, it became the biggest worldwide opening
for an October film.[1 80] During its second weekend, the film made an additional $125.7 million
worldwide,[1 87 ] and $77.9 million in its third.[1 88] By this point, industry analysts expected Joker to
become the highest-grossing R-rated film of all time, with some suggesting that it could finish its run
with over $1 billion.[1 89] The film became the highest-grossing R-rated film in its fourth weekend,
during which it grossed $47.8 million internationally,[1 90] and passed the billion-dollar mark about a
month into its theatrical release.[1 67 ]
Critical response
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, Joker holds an approval rating of 68% based on 603 reviews,
with an average rating of 7.3/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Joker gives its infamous central
character a chillingly plausible origin story that serves as a brilliant showcase for its star – and a dark
evolution for comics-inspired cinema."[1 91 ] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the
film a score of 59 out of 100 based on 60 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[1 92] Audiences
polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale, while those at
PostTrak gave it an overall positive score of 84% (with an average 4 out of 5 stars) and a 60% "definite
recommend".[1 04] The critical response to Joker made it one of the worst-reviewed films to ever be
nominated for Best Picture at the Academy Awards.[1 93]
Mark Kermode of The Observer rated the film 4 out of 5 stars, stating "Joker has an ace card in the
form of Joaquin Phoenix's mesmerisingly physical portrayal of a man who would be king".[1 94] Writing
for IGN, Jim Vejvoda gave Joker a perfect score, saying that the film "would work just as well as an
engrossing character study without any of its DC Comics trappings; that it just so happens to be a
brilliant Batman-universe movie is icing on the Batfan cake". He found it a powerful and unsettling
allegory of contemporary neglect and violence and described Phoenix's performance as the Joker as
engrossing and "Oscar-worthy".[1 95] Similarly, Xan Brooks of The Observer—who also gave the film a
perfect score—called it "gloriously daring and explosive" and appreciated how Phillips used elements
from Scorsese films to create an original story.[1 96] Variety 's Owen Gleiberman wrote, "Phoenix is
astonishing as a mentally ill geek who becomes the killer-clown Joker in Todd Phillips' neo-Taxi Driver
knockout: the rare comic-book movie that expresses what's happening in the real world".[1 97 ]
ComicBook.com's Brandon Davis acclaimed Joker as a groundbreaking comic book adaptation that he
found scarier than most 2019 horror films. Davis compared it favorably to the 2008 Batman film The
Dark Knight, praised the cinematography and performances and called it a film that needed to be seen
to be believed.[1 98] Deadline Hollywood's Pete Hammond believes the film redefines the Joker and is
"impossible to shake off". Hammond also praised the story and performances and summarized the film
as "a bravura piece of filmmaking that speaks to the world we are actually living in today in ways that
few movies do".[1 99] Peter Travers of Rolling Stone said he was lost for words in describing Phoenix's
performance, calling the film "gut-wrenching" and "simply stupendous".[200]
David Ehrlich of IndieWire was more mixed and gave the film a "C+". He felt that while "Joker is the
boldest and most exciting superhero movie since The Dark Knight", it was "also incendiary, confused
and potentially toxic". Ehrlich thought that the film would make DC fans happy and praised Phoenix's
performance, but criticized Phillips' direction and the lack of originality.[201 ] A critical review came
from Glenn Kenny of RogerEbert.com, who gave the film two stars out of four. Though he praised the
performances and thought the story worked, Kenny criticized the social commentary and Phillips'
direction, finding the film too derivative and believing its focus was "less in entertainment than in
generating self-importance".[202] In an analysis of the character Joker, Onmanorama's Sajesh Mohan
wrote that the movie was cliché-ridden, the only original part being Joaquin Phoenix's acting. "The
movie, with great pain and in detail, explains how Arthur Fleck turns into Joker dejected by the way
the world treats him. Thanks to Phillips and Silver, Phoenix was able to bring out the king among the
Jokers", the analysis read.[203]
Stephanie Zacharek of Time, in a negative review, labeled Phoenix's performance over-the-top and
felt that while Phillips tried to "[give] us a movie all about the emptiness of our culture ... he's just
offering a prime example of it". She argued the plot was nonexistent, "dark only in a stupidly
adolescent way" and "stuffed with phony philosophy".[204] Meanwhile, NPR's Glen Weldon thought
the film lacked innovation and said its sympathetic take on the Joker was "wildly unconvincing and
mundanely uninteresting". Weldon also described Joker as trying too hard to deviate from the comics
and, as a result, coming off as an imitation of films like Taxi Driver.[205] Peter Bradshaw of The
Guardian called it "the most disappointing film of the year". While praising Phoenix's performance and
the first act, he criticized the film's political plot developments and overall found it too derivative of
various Scorsese films.[206]
Industry response
Joker generated positive responses from industry figures. DC Comics chief creative officer Jim Lee
praised it as "intense, raw and soulful" and stated that it had remained true to the character despite
deviating from the source material.[1] (https://www.cbr.com/joker-jim-lee-review/&ved=2ahUKEwi
c-MWGh-OJAxXRTaQEHSepLgMQFnoECCYQAQ&usg=AOvVaw1si7ZNSk5f1-gC5j6SAj5U)[2] (http
s://www.instagram.com/jimlee/p/B11mnswn0H6/&ved=2ahUKEwic-MWGh-OJAxXRTaQEHSepLg
MQFnoECBsQAQ&usg=AOvVaw0HMH8ZaqAYHyzhTmb-NQlU) Actor Mark Hamill, who has voiced
the Joker in animation and video games since Batman: The Animated Series, thought the film had
"brilliantly" reinvented the character and gave it "[two] thumbs up".[207 ] Superman (1978) director
Richard Donner called the film "brilliant", "fascinating", "really well-written" and stated that Phoenix's
performance was "genius".[208] Documentary filmmaker Michael Moore called Joker a "cinematic
masterpiece" and stated it was a "danger to society" if people did not see it.[209] Actor Josh Brolin
found the film powerful: "To appreciate Joker I believe you have to have either gone through
something traumatic in your lifetime (and I believe most of us have) or understand somewhere in your
psyche what true compassion is".[21 0] Actor Vincent D'Onofrio vocally commended Phoenix's
performance in the film on Twitter, stating that he "deserve[d] recognition for this performance",
while actress Jessica Chastain agreed, replying: "It's one of the greatest pieces of acting I've ever
seen".[21 1 ] Actress and screenwriter Phoebe Waller-Bridge also praised the film, stating: "I think the
reason people got so uncomfortable [with the film] is because it feels too true, too raw. I was watching
it and thinking to myself, God, if this came out a year into Obama's time in office, I don't think we'd be
feeling as worried about it".[21 2] Filmmaker David Fincher said of the film's unexpected success,
"Nobody would have thought they had a shot at a giant hit with Joker had The Dark Knight not been
as massive as it was. I don't think anyone would have looked at that material and thought, 'Yeah, let's
take [Taxi Driver's] Travis Bickle and [The King of Comedy 's] Rupert Pupkin and conflate them, then
trap him in a betrayal of the mentally ill and trot it out for a billion dollars'".[21 3] Actor Brendan
Gleeson felt that Phoenix's performance as the Joker was absolutely "indelible" and one of the most
magnificent achievements in cinema he has ever seen, incidentally being that the reason he opted to
join the film's sequel Joker: Folie à Deux (2024) as Jackie Sullivan.[21 4] Filmmaker Ridley Scott, who
had previously worked with Phoenix in Gladiator (2000), felt "blown away" by the film; while he
disliked the apparent way it celebrated violence, Scott felt that Phoenix's performance was remarkable
enough to make Phoenix an "amazing asset" for his film Napoleon (2023) in a "creative and
commercial sense".[21 5]
Accolades
In September 2019, Joker was awarded the Golden Lion, the festival's highest prize, at the 76th
Venice International Film Festival.[21 6] At the 92nd Academy Awards, the film won the Best Actor
(Phoenix) and Best Original Score awards. It received overall eleven nominations (including Best
Picture) from the ceremony, breaking the record of eight held by The Dark Knight for the most
nominations received by a film based on a comic book, comic strip or graphic novel.[21 7 ] Hildur
Guðnadóttir also became the first woman to win an original score Oscar since The Full Monty (1997) in
1998.[21 8] At the 73rd British Academy Film Awards, the film won Best Actor in a Leading Role
(Phoenix), Best Casting and Best Original Music out of a leading eleven nominations including Best
Film.[21 9] The film was nominated for four Golden Globe Awards for the 77th ceremony, winning the
awards for Best Original Score and Best Actor (Phoenix).[220] The film was nominated for seven
awards at the 25th Critics' Choice Awards, winning Best Actor (Phoenix) and Best Score and was
included in the American Film Institute and Cahiers du Cinéma's top 10 films of 2019.[221 ][222]

Having won an award at the 26th Screen Actors Guild Awards for
Phoenix's performance, Joker also received nominations from other guilds
including the Writers Guild of America Awards and the Producers Guild of
America.[223][224] It won a Best Period and/or Character Make-Up in a
Feature-Length Motion Picture award from the Make-Up Artists and
Hair Stylists Guild.[225]
Themes and analysis

Joker deals with the themes of mental illness and its both psychological
and sociological effects.[226] While its depiction of the Joker has been
described as reminiscent of those who commit mass shootings in the
United States as well as members of the incel community,[227 ] Christina
Newland of The Guardian concludes that Fleck is not an incel, but wrote
Director Todd Phillips
that incels are likely to relate to him.[228] Vejvoda, Hammond and holding the Golden Lion,
Newland interpreted the film as a cautionary tale—society's disregard of awarded for Jok er at the
those who are less fortunate will create a person like the 76th Venice International
Joker. [1 95][1 99][228] Stephen Kent, writing for the Washington Examiner, Film Festival.
described Arthur Fleck as blending shared aspects of mass shooters and
interpreted its message as a reminder that society is riddled with men
like the Joker.[227 ] Writing in People's World, Chauncey K. Robinson said the film "walks a fine line
between exploration and validation" of Joker's character and is "ultimately an in-your-face
examination of a broken system that creates its own monsters."[229]
Some writers have expressed concern that Joker's sympathetic portrayal of a homicidal maniac could
inspire real-world violence.[230][231 ] Richard Lawson of Vanity Fair found the film was too
sympathetic towards "white men who commit heinous crimes" and that the sociopolitical ideologies
represented in the film are "evils that are far more easily identifiable" to people "who shoot up schools
and concerts and churches, who gun down the women and men they covet and envy, who let loose
some spirit of anarchic animus upon the world—there's almost a woebegone mythos placed on them in
the search for answers."[232] Jim Geraghty of National Review wrote he was "worried that a certain
segment of America's angry, paranoid, emotionally unstable young men will watch Joaquin Phoenix
descending into madness and a desire to get back at society by hurting as many people as possible and
exclaim, 'finally, somebody understands me!' "[233] Contrarily, Michael Shindler, reviewing the film in
Mere Orthodoxy, while agreeing that Joker depicts a sympathetic wish fulfillment fantasy, contends
(drawing on insights from Sigmund Freud and Jacques Lacan) that it is for precisely that reason that
the film will, if anything, preemptively quell real-world violence by rendering "the Flecks of the world
into meek somnambulists".[234]
British neurocriminologist Adrian Raine was impressed by how accurate the film's depiction of the
psychology of a murderer was. In an interview with Vanity Fair, he described it as "a great
educational tool" and stated that he planned to present film clips during his classes.[235] Psychiatrist
Kamran Ahmed highlighted the factors in Arthur's childhood such as parental abuse and loss and
family history of mental illness in the genesis of his condition.[236] American psychiatrist Imani

Walker, who is known for her Bravo television series Married to Medicine Los Angeles and working
with violent criminals with mental disorders, analyzed the Joker's apparent mental disorders and
circumstances and noted that Arthur tries to find help before his downfall, only to be abandoned. She
says of Arthur and others in poverty who have mental illness: "We as a society don't even pretend that
they're real people and that's what this movie is about. He never had a chance."[237 ] Forensic
psychiatrist Ziv Cohen criticized the film as misrepresenting the mentally ill as violent.[238] He argued
the film conflates psychopathy (a lack of conscience) with mental illness, thereby creating a false
impression of the mentally ill as dangerous.[238]
Micah Uetricht, managing director of Jacobin, opined in a review published by The Guardian that he
was shocked that the media did not understand the movie's message: "we got a fairly straightforward
condemnation of American austerity: how it leaves the vulnerable to suffer without the resources they
need and the horrific consequences for the rest of society that can result"; Uetricht thus declares that
Joker presents a world that has devolved into "barbarism".[239] Uetricht states that these themes are
unsubtle to the extent that it was surprising that most media outlets had not identified them.[239]
Ahmed also highlights the lack of funding for already-stretched mental health services worldwide
being alluded to.[236]
Alison Willmore wrote in Vulture that the film has "impossible" and "deliberately contradictory"
politics.[240]
The film's director and co-screenwriter, Todd Phillips, has stated that Joker is "certainly not a political
film".[241 ] Phillips has also commented on discourse surrounding the film, pushing back on several
criticisms of its themes. He responded to critics who have expressed concerns over the film's violence,
saying "Isn't it good to have these discussions about these movies, about violence? Why is that a bad
thing if the movie does lead to a discourse about it?" Phillips also commented on political backlash to
the film, saying "What's outstanding to me in this discourse in this movie is how easily the far left can
sound like the far right when it suits their agenda. It's really been eye-opening for me."[242]
Cultural impact
During a Five Star Movement event in October 2019, Italian comedian and politician Beppe Grillo
gave a speech wearing the Joker's makeup.[243] Yusuke Kawai, a candidate for governor of Chiba
Prefecture, appeared on NHK with a Joker costume in 2021.[244] References to the character were
also found in anti-government protests worldwide.[245][246] During the 17 October Revolution, a
group of graffiti artists called Ashekm painted a mural of the Joker holding a Molotov cocktail and it
was also reported that there was a Joker facepaint station at the protests in Beirut.[245] In Los
Ángeles, Chile, during the 2019–2022 Chilean protests, the phrase "We are all clowns", which is
adopted by Gotham City protesters in the movie, was written at the foot of a statue.[245][246] In Hong
Kong, protesters challenged an emergency decree prohibiting the wearing of masks by wearing those
of fictional characters such as the Joker.[245] In France, during the Yellow Vest Protests, firefighters
donned Joker makeup holding placards.[247 ] In 2020, during the George Floyd protests, Argentine
president Alberto Fernández compared the pictures of the protests to those seen in the film.[248]

One of the locations seen in the film, a set of stairs in the Bronx, New York
City, has been dubbed the Joker Stairs. The stairs have become a tourist
destination and the subject of Internet memes, with visitors often
reenacting the scene from the film in which Fleck dances down the stairs
in his Joker attire.[249][250] Ukrainian boxing champion Oleksandr Usyk
wore a suit resembling that of Joker in a pre-fight press conference
leading up to his fight with Anthony Joshua.[251 ]
In 2020, Deadline listed it as one of the "21 Most Influential Films Of The
21st Century, So Far," with Pete Hammond describing it as a film "that
emerged from a comic book to become a frightening comment on our own
dark times, proving the genre from which it came is capable of being
Mural depicting Chilean
taken very seriously indeed."[252] It also ranked 39 on Empire 's list of president Sebastián Piñera
the "100 Greatest Movies of the 21st Century," saying that "it as the Joker during the
represented another mature evolution for the comic book movie – and 2019–2022 Chilean protests
proved that DC adaptations could thrive outside the Marvel-style
universe structure."[253]
Sequel
Joker was intended to be a stand-alone film with no sequels but Warner Bros. greenlit a follow-up
project.[97 ][254] Joker: Folie à Deux, with Phoenix and Beetz reprising their roles and Lady Gaga
joining as Harley Quinn, was released on October 4, 2024, to negative reviews and a poor commercial
performance.[255][256]
Notes
a. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice - Ultimate Edition, released in 2016, received an R rating and
was given a limited theatrical release, but was ultimately intended for home media release.
b. While the filming start date was scheduled for September 10,[79] Phillips suggested in an Instagram
post that production began on September 2.[80]
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Joker (2019 film)

Phillips conceived Joker in 2016 and wrote the script

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Hannah Gross as young Penny.[18]

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According to Beetz, Phillips rewrote the entire script during

Filming in Jersey City started on September 30 and shut down

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Arkham State Hospital is based on Arkham Asylum.[36] Warner

Make-up and costumes

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Themes and analysis

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