Joker

Theatrical - Wide 2019-10-04

Cast Joaquin Phoenix Robert De Niro Zazie Beetz Frances Conroy Brett Cullen Bill Camp Shea Whigham Douglas Hodge
Directed by Todd Phillips
Written by Todd Phillips

Genres: Comic Book Crime Drama Thriller

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PLOT: Arthur Fleck (Joaquin Phoenix) is a lonely, often bullied man living in squalor with this mother (Frances Conroy) in Gotham City. As the city’s gulf between the haves and have nots widens, Fleck’s fragile mindset teeters on the brink...

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THE HANGOVER co-writer/director Todd Phillips' upcoming JOKER origin movie starring Joaquin Phoenix was just slapped with an R rating via the MPAA for "strong bloody violence, disturbing behavior, language, and brief sexual images." Sounds good to me! And today we have the movie's new...

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