Review of Joy 2015 Full Movie: Joy was an enchanting and heartwarming story about persistence and perseverance. Joy starts out as someone lost in her own family. Everyone depends on her, she gives unselfishly to those she loves, and they respond by holding up a mirror to her that only reflects her failures. She reemerges when she is so beaten down that the only thing that remains is a childhood memory of things she created and left in a shoebox. That spirit of creativity is the kindling that turns into a fire that drives Joy to put everything she has into a final push to create something that will define her.
Joy is a wonderful example of the hero s journey. She starts out submerged and filled with a deep hurt inflicted by the separation of her parents during her childhood. When she realizes that her life won't change unless she makes a change, she passes into the special world of being an inventor. She has to grow as a person and resolve her inner feeling of a lack of confidence. There s a scene that I love in Joy that reminds me of what we often see in these heroic transformations. Joy is at her lowest point. Shes have been cheated by her suppliers, beaten down by her family, and even sabotaged by her sister. She then changes her clothes. She dons the attire of a warrior - trading in her peasant blouse and cotton pants for black leather and slacks. She even bobs her hair. She is ready for battle and she makes a final transition into the world of tough negotiators. The change of garb is a clear marker that the hero is going into battle.
One of the most acclaimed and artsy genre; drama, has had a wider range of features, each of them conveying a message but there never has been such an empty (it's not actually empty, but the rudimentary procedure in here undermines every aspect of it) and shallow, like this particular one. It fails on technical aspects of production and costume design, background score and editing. The writing is loosely placed on this overlong of almost two hours of a journey that makes the audience sweat before reaching its destination and the real culprit in here is the premise that never had enough crisp to make it on screen in the first place.
The attempt to pull off such an eerie project is appreciative and David O. Russell gives it all through his brilliant execution skills but it barely moves a muscle in the bigger picture. On being aware of the safe hands and the opportunity the actors have got, all of them are giving their best in, like Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Bradley Cooper and Edgar Ramirez. Having said that, it doesn't mean that it doesn't have its moments, there are few amazingly shot sequences that are plausible. Joy is neither joyous nor intriguing enough to invest in it in addition to that misses a huge opportunity to create something colossal with such a huge and potential cast.
Not the best film David O. Russell has made, suffering from his trademark excessive dialogue, most of which isn't as smart as he thinks it is, as well as an uncertain pace and less character analysis than biopic warrants, Joy is still a fun movie. It's not as funny as Silver Linings Playbook or as engaging as The Fighter, but Jennifer Lawrence, Mr. O'Russell's favorite leading lady, is the heart and soul of the picture. As always, she gives it her all and makes her material sound natural. Much like in Molly's Game, the Writer/Director is more interested in explaining at great length what the heroine is doing and giving us only glimpses of her true personality.
She's also been saddled with one of the worst, most annoying families in movie history, who are either hassling her for money or nagging at her for doing something risky. You do get a whole level of appreciation for the eponymous Joy and her struggles to introduce her inventions into the world, and surrounding her with bad/irritating people helps to emphasize her plight, and makes her inevitable breakdown more understandable. I would watch it again, but if given the choice, I'd more likely go for Three Kings.
I appreciate that they didn't go for a conventional biopic here, but this movie just didn't work for me. From the weird soap opera scenes to the maddening family members, there was a lot I didn't like. I feel like the story of how Joy made herself into a successful person was buried under less interesting things like her family squabbles. Little things bothered me too, like what happened to one of her kids? At the beginning of the movie she has two kids, but you only see the girl for the last two-thirds. Maybe David O. Russell is losing his touch. I didn't like this one or American Hustle.
It takes a special kind of director to tell the story of a single mom trying to sell a mop that she has invented and made it anywhere close to compelling, and David O Russell is that special kind of director. This is the third time he has teamed with Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper, and I hope it happens 15 more. Great use of Music, especially Buffalo Springfield's dreaming to fly during an emotional funeral scene. The film that is both uplifting in Joy's perseverance and dispiriting in the stonewalling obstacles that an ordinary person with an idea has to overcome to succeed.
One of the most acclaimed and artsy genre; drama, has had a wider range of features, each of them conveying a message but there never has been such an empty (it's not actually empty, but the rudimentary procedure in here undermines every aspect of it) and shallow, like this particular one. It fails on technical aspects of production and costume design, background score and editing. The writing is loosely placed on this overlong of almost two hours of a journey that makes the audience sweat before reaching its destination and the real culprit in here is the premise that never had enough crisp to make it on screen in the first place.
Not the best film David O. Russell has made, suffering from his trademark excessive dialogue, most of which isn't as smart as he thinks it is, as well as an uncertain pace and less character analysis than biopic warrants, Joy is still a fun movie. It's not as funny as Silver Linings Playbook or as engaging as The Fighter, but Jennifer Lawrence, Mr. O'Russell's favorite leading lady, is the heart and soul of the picture. As always, she gives it her all and makes her material sound natural. Much like in Molly's Game, the Writer/Director is more interested in explaining at great length what the heroine is doing and giving us only glimpses of her true personality.
I appreciate that they didn't go for a conventional biopic here, but this movie just didn't work for me. From the weird soap opera scenes to the maddening family members, there was a lot I didn't like. I feel like the story of how Joy made herself into a successful person was buried under less interesting things like her family squabbles. Little things bothered me too, like what happened to one of her kids? At the beginning of the movie she has two kids, but you only see the girl for the last two-thirds. Maybe David O. Russell is losing his touch. I didn't like this one or American Hustle.
It takes a special kind of director to tell the story of a single mom trying to sell a mop that she has invented and made it anywhere close to compelling, and David O Russell is that special kind of director. This is the third time he has teamed with Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper, and I hope it happens 15 more. Great use of Music, especially Buffalo Springfield's dreaming to fly during an emotional funeral scene. The film that is both uplifting in Joy's perseverance and dispiriting in the stonewalling obstacles that an ordinary person with an idea has to overcome to succeed.
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