| Cast |
Jennifer Lawrence, Robert de Niro, Bradley Cooper, Édgar Ramirez, Diane Ladd, Virginia Madsen, Isabella Rossellini |
| Director |
David O. Russell |
| Screenplay | David O. Russell, Annie Mumolo |
| Music | David Campbell, West Dylan Thordson |
| Cinematography | Linus Sandgren |
| Editing | Alan Baumgarten, Jay Cassidy, Tom Cross, Christopher Tellefsen |
| Sound formats | Dolby Digital |
| Soundtrack | Available |
| Made in | 2015 |
| Produced by | Annapurna Pictures, Davis Entertainment, Fox 2000 Pictures, TSG Entertainment |
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| Genre | None |
| Language | Low impact, infrequent |
| Nudity | None |
| Sex | None |
| Violence | None |
| Prejudice | None |
| Blasphemy | None |
| Drug abuse | None |
| Comments | |
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| PG: Parental Guidance Suggested | Rated PG-13 for brief strong language |
| Runtime | 124 |
| USA version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ. | |
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| Suggested age limit 14 + |
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| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| Cape Argus / The Star Theresa Smith  Crazy family just can't get a handle on normal life. | 10 |  |
| Die Burger Paul Boekkooi Joy se eenvroustryd onderhoudend. | 10 | |
| Cape Times Todd McCarthy Beating the odds. | 10 | |
| ScreenIt Jim Judy It's not awful, but with the bar previously raised so high and with so many of the behind the scenes and in front of the camera performers in place, I have no joy in saying that Joy is only okay when I was hoping for something great. | 11 |  |
| Metacritic.com 48 critics | 11 | |
| Rottentomatoes critics 174 critics | 13 | |
| Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Joy is anchored by a strong performance from Jennifer Lawrence, although director David O. Russell's uncertain approach to its fascinating fact-based tale only sporadically sparks bursts of the titular emotion. | 12 | |
| Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics   | 12 | |
| CommonSenseMedia Staff evaluation Inspiring but uneven drama about Miracle Mop inventor. | 10 | |
What the People say | ||
| Metacritic.com users 86 users | 13 | |
| Rottentomatoes users 31836 users | 13 | |
| Internet 15443 Netizens Little plots make Little movies.. | 13 | |
Average .. 58% | 12 | |