Uploaded October 2019 | Updated September 2026, 4 days ago

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In our Joker movie review we take a look at Joaquin Phoenix 's depiction of the Joker's origin story from a psychoanalytical point of view. Arthur Fleck clearly has mental health issues, stemming from the way he was raised and what he was told about himself, which made him grow up into a weird and unpleasant individual, who later terrorizes the streets of Gotham.

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