In recent years, director David O. Russell has assembled a group of actors he keeps coming back to. The Fighter, Silver Linings Playbook and American Hustle all have shared varying assortments of the same cast, which includes Amy Adams, Bradley Cooper, Christian Bale, Jennifer Lawrence, and not forgetting, of course, Robert De Niro, whose performance in Silver Linings Playbook was hailed as somewhat of a comeback for the veteran actor. And now De Niro is the latest addition to Joy, the new…
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Jennifer Lawrence’s performance is just one of the many reasons why Joy is such a delightful movie.
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“As enjoyable and compelling this may be, it’s not quite the exceptional spectacle you may be led to believe”…
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Films are a fickle old thing. Not to deem critical opinion redundant, of course, but movies are so subjective, dependant on the tastes and mood the reviewer is in. But it’s part of what makes this all so entertaining, the fact you can leave the cinema with your partner, and both have wildly different views on the same movie; how some scenes can be considered mawkish by one, and ineffably moving by the other.

Which brings us to Joy. A film that popular website The Verge claimed is…
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Joy is the story of a family across four generations and the woman who rises to become founder and matriarch of a powerful family business dynasty.
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Joy is the story of a family across four generations and the woman who rises to become founder and matriarch of a powerful family business dynasty.
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