For the first time this year a movie taps into real humanity, it’s irritating and hits you across the face like a raw fish. Takes you on a journey written beautifully. The best script David O. Russell has ever written, I found this far superior to American Hustle. Silver Linings is my personal favourite of his work I hold dear to my heart, but Joy is right up there in spirit.
My favourite filmmaker gave me a personal awakening and discovery to maybe something he went through developing his craft. Joy for me is the best movie I’ve seen this year, it embraces the opposite of what many films including many masterfully made films uphold in that being a perfect balance and mixture of something spectacular. Joy goes the other way. I loved the music, the cinematography and the genuine flow as it plays out.
I’ve been bored this year by film, there’s a few I have yet to see but Joy is atop the ranks of one of my favourite movie experiences I’ve had this decade. Everyone was great in it, I’ve never seen De Niro so relaxed in a role not typecast for him in a while, it’s a O Russell’s family at work and it’s a world I love delving into. So relatable and I recommend Joy to anyone.