Joker: Folie à Deux review – Lady Gaga electrifies in mediocre musical sequel

Joker: Folie à Deux review – Lady Gaga electrifies in mediocre musical sequel

Love is in the air for Joaquin Phoenix’s clown prince of chaos in this bold but indulgent comic book musical – lifted by Gaga’s weapons-grade charisma Is Todd Phillips trolling us? For the sequel to his divisive but wildly successful double Oscar-winning 2019 picture, Phillips tears up the formula. The gritty panache of Joker’s “making…