JOKER: FOLIE A DEUX: Phillips, Phoenix, Gaga et al fulfil their promise of delivering a sequel to JOKER, a full-blown musical, and a film for absolutely nobody…except possibly me. My ears are still ringing. Let’s see.

a man in a tuxedo is dancing with a woman in a dress and the year 2005 is on the bottom

ALT: a man in a tuxedo is dancing with a woman in a dress and the year 2005 is on the bottom

It plays like the ultimate anti-sequel. A petulant response to a studio’s demands for a follow-up to a fluke $1Bn hit. “We ain’t doing another. We’ve said all we wanted to say. We said no. Wait, you’ll give us how much? Alright dipshits, get a load of this. Voila, our courtroom clown musical.”