Tonight on TV: Rated 4.4 out of 5, this is one of the best movies of the last 10 years

On October 2, 2024, one of the most anticipated films of the year hit theaters: Todd Phillips’ Joker: Folie à Deux, starring Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga. If you haven’t bought your cinema ticket yet, Channel 1 is offering viewers a welcome reminder by airing the first installment of… The Joker.

Remember, five years ago we discovered on the big screen this fascinating psychological thriller about the life of Arthur Flack, aka the Joker, a man hated by the public with a serious psychiatric disorder.

Joker It depicts this tormented man’s slow and chaotic descent into hell: from the comedian’s resolution to his obsession with discovering his past, to his descent into madness and violence in the face of the immorality of the world.

And among the sentences that best sum up Arthur Flack’s troubled mind is this line that has become legendary: “Before, I thought my life was a tragedy.

This feature film full of darkness is on the screen Joaquin Phoenix breathtaking. And to slip into the skin of this very complex character, and for which he received an Oscar, a BAFTA and a Golden Globe for Best Actor, he lost weight until only skin remained on his legs.

The Joker is stronger than the Dark Knight

Averaged 4.4 out of 5 in audience ratings and 4.1 out of 5 in press reviews, Joker Among the best films of the decade. Even crazier, it manages to do better than the incredible Dark Knight at the French box office.

Actually, the movie Todd Phillips had 5,606,581 admissions in France, compared to 3,017,442 for the Christopher Nolan film. That’s not all, it’s also the biggest worldwide hit for a movie that’s banned for under-17s. Only this!

So far, it looks like a sequel Joker: Folie à Deux It is more difficult to win the hearts of journalists (on average 2.8 out of 5) and viewers (2.4 out of 5).

Tonight on TF1 at 21:10.