LATE CITY
EDITION
LATE CITY
EDITION
Volume 571 Friday, October 4, 2019 Page 1 of 1

JOKER

Cast

Joaquin Phoenix - Arthur Fleck
Robert De Niro - Murray Franklin
Zazie Beetz - Sophie Dumond
Frances Conroy - Penny Fleck
Brett Cullen - Thomas Wayne
Douglas Hodge - Alfred Pennyworth
Shea Whigham - Detective Burke
Bill Camp - Detective Garrity
Carrie Louise Putrello - Martha Wayne
Dante Pereira-Olson - Bruce Wayne

Official Synopsis

"Joker" centers around the iconic arch nemesis and is an original, standalone fictional story not seen before on the big screen. Phillips' exploration of Arthur Fleck, who is indelibly portrayed by Joaquin Phoenix, is of a man struggling to find his way in Gotham's fractured society. A clown-for-hire by day, he aspires to be a stand-up comic at night... but finds the joke always seems to be on him. Caught in a cyclical existence between apathy and cruelty, Arthur makes one bad decision that brings about a chain reaction of escalating events in this gritty character study.

Our Verdict