'Joker: Folie à Deux' is much a deux about nothing

By Glen Weldon,

Chris Klimek, Joelle Monique , Mike Katzif, Hafsa Fathima, Jessica Reedy

Published October 4, 2024 at 9:20 AM EDT

Lady Gaga in Joker: Folie A Deux. — Lady Gaga in *Joker: Folie A Deux.*

The new film Joker: Folie à Deux is the sequel to 2019's Joker, which won Joaquin Phoenix an Oscar. This new film is a courtroom drama and a romance tossed into a musical blender set to liquefy, as the Joker goes on trial for the murders he committed in the last film and falls in love with a groupie played by Lady Gaga.

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