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Joy

PG-13

Released Dec 25, 2015

2h 3m

Comedy

Drama

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A story of a family across four generations, centered on the girl who becomes the woman (Jennifer Lawrence) who founds a business dynasty and becomes a matriarch in her own right. Facing betrayal, treachery, the loss of innocence and the scars of love, Joy becomes a true boss of family and enterprise. Allies become adversaries and adversaries become allies, both inside and outside the family, as Joy's inner life and fierce imagination carry her through the storm she faces.

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Critics Consensus

Joy is anchored by a strong performance from Jennifer Lawrence, although director David O. Russell's uncertain approach to its fascinating fact-based tale only sporadically sparks bursts of the titular emotion.

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Manuel Betancourt

Bitch Media

Joy pursues a number of ill-fitting narrative detours that detract from the fascinating story that should be at the core of the movie. While I was rooting for the film-and for Joy herself - ultimately it felt like the film missed a key opportunity.

Feb 9, 2021

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Udita Jhunjhunwala

Livemint

This optimistic, often amusing story is a Lawrence show all the way as she flies the flag for feminism, entrepreneurship and family without missing a beat.

Aug 15, 2019

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Candice Frederick

Reel Talk Online

Oh Mr. Russell, you're nothing if not predictable.

Rated: C-

Sep 1, 2017

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Josh Slater-Williams

Vague Visages

A little bit of that magic spread somewhere on Joy's set, since its maestros successfully manage to sell you on a film that's ostensibly about the creation of a cleaning product...

Nov 14, 2023

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Don Shanahan

Every Movie Has a Lesson

Equal to the scattered mess of personalities within this central family, the film itself doesn't know what it wants to be and that's a large flaw.

Rated: 3/5

Sep 4, 2023

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

There's much to admire about Joy, beginning with another helluva performance by Lawrence.

Rated: 2.5/4

Apr 23, 2022

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donnie m

Jennifer Lawrence did a really good job in this movie and 'kicked ass' at the end!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

04/11/24

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alan g

Just a long dull commercial for joy mangano. Lead actress tries but just an infomercial.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

04/06/24

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Rory M

There is a some good movie in here with decent performances, most notably Jennifer Lawrence in act 1, but there are some weird directing choices and the pacing is abysmal. It's a very just watched it because it was on TV movie even though I chosed to watch it

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

03/18/24

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Aleksei C

Excellent acting by the main character!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/16/23

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Alec B

Despite the poor attempts at surrealism and characters that constantly veer towards cartoonish rather than anything realistic the movie's weirdly watchable . . . it's a failure, but an interesting one.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

12/14/23

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Ben N

I enjoyed this, but it was missing something to bring me back again in the future.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

10/25/23

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Synopsis

A story of a family across four generations, centered on the girl who becomes the woman (Jennifer Lawrence) who founds a business dynasty and becomes a matriarch in her own right. Facing betrayal, treachery, the loss of innocence and the scars of love, Joy becomes a true boss of family and enterprise. Allies become adversaries and adversaries become allies, both inside and outside the family, as Joy's inner life and fierce imagination carry her through the storm she faces.

Director: David O. Russell
Producer: John Davis, Ken Mok, Megan Ellison, Jonathan Gordon, David O. Russell
Screenwriter: David O. Russell
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: Fox 2000 Pictures, 10 by 10 Entertainment, Davis Entertainment
Rating: PG-13 (Brief Strong Language)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 25, 2015, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 8, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $56.4M
Runtime: 2h 3m
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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