He writes: 'Phillips' vision of Gotham standing sharp relief the same city portrayed by Christopher Nolan or Tim Burton.' He also appears to take a swipe at past Batman directors Christopher Nolan and Tim Burton - who directed movies in which the villain featured. Throwing slight shade at the likes of Ledger and other actors to play The Joker CinemaBlend's Eric Eisenberg writes that Joker is a 'radical interpretation that requires a transformative, thoroughly committed performance, and it's remarkable to see Joaquin Phoenix take this role and play it as though he were the first actor to ever take it on.and in a way, he is!'
Joker isn't just an awesome comic book movie, it's an awesome movie, period.' He adds: 'Phoenix delivers a tour de force. IGN critic Jim Vejvoda writes: 'Drawing its spirit and style from classic '70s and '80s films like Taxi Driver, The King of Comedy, A Clockwork Orange, and Dog Day Afternoon, director Todd Phillips' Joker presents a Gotham City that is unmistakably a stand-in for the hellish New York City of the era.'
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He adds that there's a 'simmering psychosis' in the way the part is played and that this 'neo-noir psychological character stud is arguably the best Batman-adjacent movie since The Dark Knight' which famously saw Heath Ledger posthumously win the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2008. The Hollywood Reporter's David Rooney pens that this 'grippingly atmospheric' film sees Phoenix 'bring pathos to a pathetically disenfranchised character'.
a film that looms and leers with nasty inexorability'. Vanity Fair's Richard Lawson labels the movie 'exhilarating' with an 'undeniable style and propulsive charge.