Finished watching Joy, directed by David O. Russell and staring Jennifer Lawrence, Diane Ladd, Virginia Madsen, Robert De Niro, Édgar Ramírez and Isabella Rossellini. The film opens up with Joy (Jennifer Lawrence) a divorced mother of two who has a hectic home life as she lives with her Grandmother, Mimi (Diane Ladd), her mother, Terri (Virginia Madsen) who lives in a downstairs room watching soap operas all day. When her father, Rudy (Robert De Niro) is dropped of by his latest wife after divorcing him causing Joy to set him up in the basement along with her ex-husband, Tony (Édgar Ramírez). Soon after Rudy finds himself a new girlfriend on the form of Trudy (Isabella Rossellini), invites Rudy's family to a boat ride on Trudy's boat where Joy accidentally drops a glass of red wine on the deck, leading to her to invent a self ringing mop after cutting herself on the glass while moping the deck. Overall this was a great film as it explores the difficulties of creating and selling a new product can be while adding some great drama within the story. The use of Mimi being the narrator of the film helps to make the story of the film feel like it's being told from a personal angle, while the addition of greatly placed flashbacks and flashfowards helps to enforce this thanks to the comments made about how things in Joy's life has transpired. There are some great character moments and development throughout the film as Joy's mother's character gets developed immensely as she goes from someone who's always crushes Joy's dreams to a person who helps to inspire her along with a more positive thinking to the world. While Joy's father, Rudy has some great comedic moments and also brings across some of the most tension filled scenes in the film. 8/10.
Friday 8 January 2016
Joy Film Review
Finished watching Joy, directed by David O. Russell and staring Jennifer Lawrence, Diane Ladd, Virginia Madsen, Robert De Niro, Édgar Ramírez and Isabella Rossellini. The film opens up with Joy (Jennifer Lawrence) a divorced mother of two who has a hectic home life as she lives with her Grandmother, Mimi (Diane Ladd), her mother, Terri (Virginia Madsen) who lives in a downstairs room watching soap operas all day. When her father, Rudy (Robert De Niro) is dropped of by his latest wife after divorcing him causing Joy to set him up in the basement along with her ex-husband, Tony (Édgar Ramírez). Soon after Rudy finds himself a new girlfriend on the form of Trudy (Isabella Rossellini), invites Rudy's family to a boat ride on Trudy's boat where Joy accidentally drops a glass of red wine on the deck, leading to her to invent a self ringing mop after cutting herself on the glass while moping the deck. Overall this was a great film as it explores the difficulties of creating and selling a new product can be while adding some great drama within the story. The use of Mimi being the narrator of the film helps to make the story of the film feel like it's being told from a personal angle, while the addition of greatly placed flashbacks and flashfowards helps to enforce this thanks to the comments made about how things in Joy's life has transpired. There are some great character moments and development throughout the film as Joy's mother's character gets developed immensely as she goes from someone who's always crushes Joy's dreams to a person who helps to inspire her along with a more positive thinking to the world. While Joy's father, Rudy has some great comedic moments and also brings across some of the most tension filled scenes in the film. 8/10.
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