‘Underwhelming’ Joker: Folie à Deux accused of ‘criminally wasting’ Lady Gaga in poor reviews

Joker: Folie à Deux has had its premiere at the Venice Film Festival, and critics – as aggregated by movie review site Metacritic – are panning Joker 2 for one specific reason: the “criminal” under-use of Lady Gaga.

Despite winning a fairly impressive 11-minute standing ovation at the festival on Wednesday (4 September), the reviews are far from glowing for Todd Phillips’ new offering. It’s currently garnered a 54 per cent approval rating on Metacritic and fares slightly better on Rotten Tomatoes with a 60 per cent score.

But that’s still a rather underwhelming Metacritic rating for one of the most anticipated releases of the year.

The Warner Bros/DC sequel follows Joaquin Phoenix as Arthur Fleck two years on from the events of 2019’s Oscar-winning

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