'Joker' is self-serious without much to say

7:58am PDT - October 3rd, 2019    joaquin phoenix - Mashable

It takes only a few minutes for Joker to spell out the closest thing this movie has to a point. "Is it just me," Arthur (Joaquin Phoenix) asks, "or are things getting really crazy out there?" Even this early in the film, we already know it's not just Arthur. …