OMG, Joaquin Phoenix lost so much weight his shoulders pop, he laughs hysterically, and he can't dance. Acting genius! Give him an Oscar. This is the best movie since the last gory psycho killer movie I saw, and I just loved the blood spatter, er, I mean, this is an important exploration of mental illness and a damning indictment of society's failure to understand comic book villains.
Two stars for this overrated, pretentious revenge pic, mostly for De Niro's portrayal of a smug TV host (surely a reference to Letterman) who cynically exploits the painfully untalented for audience amusement and derision.
Two stars for this overrated, pretentious revenge pic, mostly for De Niro's portrayal of a smug TV host (surely a reference to Letterman) who cynically exploits the painfully untalented for audience amusement and derision.