Priyanka Roy

The Telegraph

Priyanka Roy heads the screen beat at The Telegraph t2. Based in Kolkata, she has 20 years of experience in film writing, which includes reviews, interviews, trend stories and opinion pieces. She writes on Hindi, English, regional Indian films and world cinema. When she isn’t watching something to review, she relaxes by watching true-crime documentaries.

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Joker

Crime, Thriller, Drama (English)

Folie a Deux doesn’t submit to formula but fails to hit any high notes

Fri, October 4 2024

After a haul of $1 billion at the box office, 11 Academy Award nominations and the first-ever Oscar for Joaquin Phoenix, director Todd Phillips knew it would be carte blanche for him when it came to the inevitable sequel to 2019’s intriguing if ultimately superficial Joker

“Let’s give the people what they want,” Lady Gaga’s Harleen “Lee” Quinzel (aka Harley Quinn) declares at a key moment in Joker: Folie a Deux. That seems odd coming from a film that is committed to giving audiences quite the opposite.

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