Put on a happy face.
Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
| Cast |
Joaquin Phoenix, Robert De Niro, Zazie Beetz, Frances Conroy, Brett Cullen, Douglas Hodge, Dante Pereira-Olson |
| Director |
Todd Phillips |
| Screenplay | Todd Phillips, Scott Silver |
| Music | Hildur Guðnadóttir |
| Cinematography | Lawrence Sher |
| Editing | Jeff Groth |
| Sound formats | Dolby Digital, Datasat, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, Dolby Atmos |
| Made in | 2019 |
| Produced by | DC Comics, DC Entertainment, Joint Effort, Warner Bros., BRON Studios, Village Roadshow Pictures, Creative Wealth Media Finance |
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| Genre | Crime, drama, thriller |
| Language | Strong impact crude language used in the context of swearing, demeaning insults and agressive exchanges, occurs frequently. |
| Nudity | None |
| Sex | None |
| Violence | Strong impact realistic visual presentations of psychological and physical violence resulting in noticeable effects like injury, blood-letting, death and emotional effects occur frequently throughout the film. |
| Prejudice | The film contains infrequent low impact prejudice in the form of jokes about persons of short stature. |
| Blasphemy | None |
| Drug abuse | None (sic) |
| Comments | |
| These details are supplied by the FPB. If you have a problem with any of the above, please take it up directly with the FPB. Read the Classification Guidelines. | |
| R: Restricted | Rated R for strong bloody violence, disturbing behavior, language and brief sexual images |
| Runtime | 122 |
| 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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Blood / Gore / Gross |
| Guns / Weapons |
Profanity |
Alcohol / Drugs |
| Smoking |
Disrespectful / Bad Attitude |
Imitative Behaviour |
| Frightening / Tense Scenes |
Jump Scenes |
Tense Family Scenes |
| Music (Scary/Tense) |
Music (Inappropriate) |
Topics to talk about |
| Suggested age limit 16 + |
Positive messages |
Positive role models |
| Violence |
Sex |
Language |
| Consumerism |
Drinking, drugs, smoking |
| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| 24.com Ilan Preskovsky  It has great performances, it’s expertly put together, and it’s simply and quite undeniably incredibly absorbing. It’s also worth seeing just to debate its questionable conclusions. | 15 |  |
| RSG Leon van Nierop JOKER is ‘n uitmuntende, selfs geniale, rolprent deur Todd Phillips, wat jou sal destabiliseer, en jou dae later nog mag teister. Ten spyte van sy hoë puntetoekenning moet jy daarop let dat dit nie ‘n Avengers- of Batman-superheldfees is nie. Dis ‘n gruwelreis reguit in die hel in met ‘n grynslaggende mombakkies, wat jou onderbewussyn vir nagte lank mag teister. | 18 | |
| Metacritic.com 44 critics | 12 |  |
| Rottentomatoes critics 226 critics | 15 | |
| Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Joker gives its infamous central character a chillingly plausible origin story that serves as a brilliant showcase for its star -- and a dark evolution for comics-inspired cinema. | 15 | |
| Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics   | 16 | |
| CommonSenseMedia Jeffrey M. Anderson Bleak, violent, powerful; not your typical comic book movie. | 15 | |
What the People say | ||
| IMDB 26548 Netizens | 19 | |
| The Movie DB Community | 16 | |
Average .. 78% | 16 | |