Storyline
A story based on the life of a struggling Long Island single mom who became one of the country's most successful entrepreneurs.
Directors
Cast
Lori McCoy-Bell, Barry Primus, Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper, Elisabeth Röhm, Robert De Niro, Edgar Ramírez, Virginia Madsen, Erica McDermott, Melissa McMeekin, Jeremiah Kissel, Dale Place, Carla Antonino, Paul Herman, John Enos III, Marianne Leone Cooper, Colleen Camp, Bates Wilder, Diane Ladd, Bill Thorpe, Michael DeMello, Isabella Rossellini, Jimmy Jean-Louis, Madison Wolfe, Patsy Meck, Drena De Niro, Christy Scott Cashman, Ken Howard, Dascha Polanco, Johnny Lee Davenport, Susan Garibotto, Naheem Garcia, Alexander Cook, Donna Mills, Allie Marshall, Kristen Annese, Chaunty Spillane, Isabella Crovetti, Susan Lucci, Laura Wright, Melissa Rivers, Lexie Roth, Maurice Benard, Ray De La Paz, Emily Nuñez, Aundrea Gadsby, Gia Gadsby, Tomas Elizondo, Zeke Elizondo, Luisa Maria Badaracco, Johnnie McQuarley, Gary Zahakos, Mateo Gómez, Jim Frangione, Marianne Bayard, Fiore Leo, Steven DeMarco, Damien Di Paola, Patrick Pitu, Ken Cheeseman, Jasmine Brooke White, Eliana Adise, Jamell Washington, Pedro Sabino, Calidore Robinson, Stephanie Eaton, Ariana DeFusco
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Reviews
100
Since Joy is a David O. Russell film, the presence of a) Lawrence and b) bizarre, fizz-popping explosions of catharsis are to be expected. But the ringmaster of The Fighter, Silver Linings Playbook and American Hustle seems to have mellowed a little, which means fewer outright belly laughs, but a more layered and involving emotional landscape.
80
Lawrence is gritty, real and totally genuine. And, after ‘Brooklyn’ and ‘Carol’, here’s another film that passes the Bechdel Test for proper female characters with flying colours.
75
Playing like a slightly more reflective B-side to the director's greatest hits, his style in this film isn’t for the more cerebral audiences. But for the viewer who relates to family dysfunction, its maddening contradictions and its mercurial tenor, Joy can be painfully funny, engaging and full of relatable heartache.
70
That the film itself is nearly as chaotic as the clan it examines can either be regarded as an admirable artistic correlative or a crippling defect, but the splendidly dextrous cast ensures that this goofy success story, which could just easily be titled American Hustle 2, keeps firing on all cylinders in the manner of the writer-director's previous few outings.
67
A sunny ode to capitalism, the movie is a coy advertisement of its own. In that context, it's a whole lot better than one might expect, and loaded with talent unabashedly hawking their wares.
