♣♣♣♣♣/♣♣♣♣♣
Arthur Fleck (Joaquin Phoenix)
lives with his mentally ill mother in Gotham City. He aspires to be a stand-up
comedian but can’t seem to get his big break due to his strange sense of humor.
Working as a party clown, he gets fired after he is caught bringing a gun to a
children’s hospital gig. With a psychological illness that makes him erupt into
uncontrollable and maniacal laughter, a simple subway ride turns lethal when a
trio of white-collared bullies make fun of him. The incident provokes his
downward spiral, descending into a life of crime that is quickly emulated by one
too many vigilantes in the city. As Gotham faces an unprecedented rise in its
crime rate, Arthur embraces his new persona, introducing himself as the Joker on
talk show host Murray Franklin’s (Robert de Niro) TV show. Realizing how his life has been one
big joke, he now makes the city realize that the joke is actually on them.