*** out of ****
Joy tells a potentially banal story about the inventor of the self-wringing Miracle
Mop, Joy Mangano (Jennifer Lawrence). It escalates the nature of the material
through auteur David O. Russell’s taste for rapid dialogue and a dreamlike energy
that kept me engaged until the final act lost its surreal touch and the ending
scene awkwardly exists out of obligation to tell a complete story. The Super 35mm
cinematography and the various music choices help to capture Mangano’s
blue-collar suburban life in a grand context, and the performances are full of
that spontaneity we so rarely get from movies.
Aside
from her third go-round with this eccentric director, Lawrence has completed
her star-making work with The Hunger Games series. I am excited to see that she
is collaborating with Amy Schumer on a comedy film, which could be the kind of
radical move needed to refresh her already impressive career.
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