Phillips takes his ‘alternative take’ on the anti-hero Joker a step further from his previous film. While that previous film was already more of a drama based on the troubled character Arthur Fleck who became the Joker unwillingly, here we find Fleck in prison where he finds the love of his life: Lee Quinzel (Lady Gaga).
Besides drama, Phillips added singing scenes which appear to play in Flecks head. ‘Folly / madness for two’ is not your average big audience Hollywood film. It is slow, gloomy and -like we saw- has musical elements.
Two great actors carry the entire film and makes ‘Folie à Deux’ a much better film -in my opinion- than the current IMDb rating of 5.2. It just does not live up to the expectation of the popcorn audience.
