Reviews

So another zany character, a Haitian plumber can appear and for some reason strike up a relation with the crazy mom, who then with the plumber tries to serve everyone soap...Why not just tell the story of Joy instead all the add-on crap.

Jennifer Lawrence's Oscar-nominated performance makes this over-complicated story worth watching and there are expected and unexpected surprises in the supporting cast...Robert De Niro is solid as Lawrence's father but unexpected fun performances also came from Isabella Rosellini as De Niro's rich g...

Lawrence did a great job on showing the character of Joy as she struggles with a lot in this film.

Even Joy, the title character, seemed exactly the same during the whole movie (the only reason I see possible for Jennifer Lawrence winning that Golden Globe is that she did the most what she could with almost zero material - and I don't want to believe that she was the most deserving actress of ...

The film begins with footage of a period-appropriate soap-opera being filmed complete with garish art direction, trite dialogue, and overwrought yet stilted performances; throughout the film, there are plenty of scenes where a soap opera is playing in the background (and, in at least one scene, beco...