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The People's Joker
Directed by
Vera Drew
2024
1h 32m
Not Rated
Comedy
,
Fantasy
6.6
95%
76%
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An aspiring clown grappling with her gender identity combats a fascistic caped crusader.
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Cast of The People's Joker
Vera Drew
Joker the Harlequin / Vera
Griffin Kramer
Young Joker
Lynn Downey
Joker's Mom
Kane Distler
Jason Todd / 'Mr. J'
Tim Heidecker
Perry White
Nathan Faustyn
Oswald Cobblepot / Penguin
Phil Braun
Bruce Wayne / Batman
Bob Odenkirk
Bob the Goon
Robert Wuhl
Robert Wuhl / Alexander Knox
Maria Bamford
Lorne Michaels
David Liebe Hart
Ra's Al Ghul
Christian Calloway
Dr. Jonathan Crane
Ruin Carroll
Poison Ivy
Scott Aukerman
Mr. Freeze
Alec Robbins
Mr. Boop
Arden Hughes
UCB Computer
Trevor Drinkwater
The Riddler
Mia Moore Marchant
Helena the Huntress
Denali Winter
Clark Kent
Bambi Belle
Lois Lane
Ember Knight
Mxy
Eliot Glazer
Lil Timmy Too Times
Sandy Honig
Mr. Boop’s Wife
Cricket Arrison
'Creeper'
Emily Lynch
Newscaster 2
The People's Joker Reviews
AV Club
Leigh Monson
The People's Joker is a chimera built of conflicts and contradictions, but so are we all. Our jigsaw assemblage of human experiences is universally messy, and if there's one thing Drew seems to be telling us, we should be relishing those paradoxes.
Inverse
Dais Johnston
Its distinct style and coherent worldbuilding make for a movie that can't really be compared to anything else, despite the fact so much of it is borrowed from the works of Batmen past - and it's exactly what jaded superhero fans need to witness.
New York Times
Erik Piepenburg
Within the film's confessional chaos lives the spirit of Vaginal Davis, Ryan Trecartin and other maverick queer filmmakers who toyed with genre to torpedo gender. It's reviving to see an artist take up the cause.
Variety
Peter Debruge
As attention-grabbing calling-card projects go, this one more than demonstrates Drew's ingenuity and organizing power.
Polygon
Katie Rife
It makes sense that Vera, a passionate fan of the Bat-verse, would use the Joker's character and lore to tell the story of her own transformation from a failed improv comedian into a gloriously unhinged trans agent of comedic chaos.
MovieFreak.com
Sara Michelle Fetters
[The] protagonist's honesty is refreshingly euphoric, and this allows the laughs her cartoonish antics generate to make a lasting impression that many viewers - Gay, straight, Lesbian, Bi, Trans, whatever - are going to treasure forever.
TheWrap
William Bibbiani
It's filtering Vera Drew's autobiographical story through the lens of contemporary popular culture, transforming her own life into myth while transforming corporatized IP into punk rock anarchy.
RogerEbert.com
Clint Worthington
It's a garish, anarchic gumbo that works because of, not despite, its messiness.
New Yorker
Richard Brody
"The People's Joker," directed by Vera Drew, is the best superhero movie I've ever seen-because, unlike studio-produced films in the genre, it responds to the filmmaker's deep personal concerns.
Austin Chronicle
Richard Whittaker
Drew is an intriguing artist, but The People's Joker is most interesting as a legal case study.
Breakfast All Day
Alonso Duralde
Unlike any queer film or experimental film I've ever seen. Funny and personal and experimental -- hard to describe, and that's a good thing.
Los Angeles Times
Manuel Betancourt
A trans coming-of-age tale, a probing meditation on abusive relationships and a visually inventive reminder of the queer art of camp appropriation.
Hollywood Reporter
Jourdain Searles
The People's Joker is a self-conscious, intentional cult film, crafted with genuine love for everything in the margins. And it tells a story everyone can relate to, about a kid growing up and trying to find happiness and success in a dark, troubled world.
Perri Nemiroff (YouTube)
Perri Nemiroff
It can be hard to fully put yourself in somebody else's world, but here Vera is letting you into hers by putting her own spin of characters we're already familiar with... It's something special.
Washington Post
Jen Yamato
It would be easy to mire this Joker in the darkness of her predecessors, but Drew finds a radically affirming way through.
Chicago Sun-Times
Richard Roeper
Like no superhero movie before it, the subversive coming-of-age story reinvents the villain's origins with a mélange of visual styles and a barrage of gags.
Salon.com
Kelly McClure
The People's Joker will likely become a gateway for queers, of any age, inspired to right wrongs in a truly gay way. As is our right.
Filmspotting
Adam Kempenaar
Savage and sweet - Drew attacks every target from a place of appreciation and experience.
Observer
Dylan Roth
Shot over five days, this very indie movie stars writer-director Vera Drew as Joker the Harlequin and borrows liberally from the Batman universe to tell a story of personal discovery.
FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
Christy Lemire
Original, daring, and definitely not for everyone.
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