Fans Are Walking Out Of Joker: Folie A Deux Because The Musical Is So Horrible
When Joker first came out in 2019, the Joaquin Phoenix and Todd Phillips team-up around the Clown Prince of Crime was such a runaway smash hit that it almost redefined parts of the comic book movie drama.
Fast-forward five years, and we get Joker: Folie A Deux, which is getting something like the opposite reaction. Namely, people are walking out of the theater before the movie is even over.
Joker: Folie A Deux was released on October 4th in theaters, with the promise that it would be a very different kind of movie, not even like the original one. This one was forging its own path, coming in with a musical vibe around Phoenix’s Arthur Fleck and the new addition, Lady Gaga’s Harley Quinn.
There have been some decidedly negative reactions to Joker: Folie A Deux’s release
But there have been some decidedly negative reactions to Joker: Folie A Deux’s release, especially on Twitter/ X, where folks have said they’ve either left the theater during the movie or watched a bunch of others do it.
There are a number of different examples of this when it comes Joker: Folie A Deux. Check it out.
What’s interesting about these Joker: Folie A Deux reactions is twofold. First, there is a group of people who clearly don’t know they are going into the movie, knowing it’s a musical.
There is a group of people who clearly don’t know they are going into the movie, knowing it’s a musical.
It’s easy to see why, considering many of the promotional pieces don’t fully let on that there are going to be musical numbers. Oh, and the first movie wasn’t a musical at all, so there’s no reason to expect this to be the case.
The musical numbers in Joker: Folie A Deux aren’t in the traditional sense with the way they are composed and presented, but they are there nonetheless. If you weren’t expecting this, they had better be total winners, or you are going to lose the audience quickly.
And even those who might have had an inkling about what was happening with Joker: Folie A Deux might be giving up on it as well. Could it all be bad news here? Possibly.
The critical response to Joker: Folie A Deux does it no favors either. Currently, it’s sitting at 35 percent on Rotten Tomatoes through about 200 reviews. That’s a terrible (and I mean terrible) response for a flick with a reported budget closing in on $200 million.
Remember, the original Joker was an absolute smash, totaling around $1.08 billion dollars on its $70 million budget, hitting 69% on Rotten Tomatoes, and Joaquin Phoenix won the Oscar for Best Actor. So, yeah, this thing was a runaway train hit on almost all levels.
What ultimately happens with Joker: Folie A Deux remains to be seen, but it’s looking increasingly likely that it ends up a complete and total flop across the board. It would be a massive bag fumble for a flick that became such a cultural phenomenon at the time.
Look, you swing big, and you can hit big. But you can also swing big and miss big, too. It looks like the latter happened with Joker: Folie A Deux.
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