Jennifer Lawrence is the star of yet another movie by director David O. Russell, the man behind Silver Linings Playbook and American Hustle. Guess what? Bradley Cooper co-stars in it! And more Robert De Niro! Because time is a flat circle when it comes to potential Oscar-nominated movies with Jennifer Lawrence.
The movie is called Joy and — to be honest — I don’t really understand what the hell it’s about. Feels very Momento or Magnola-esque.
JOY is the wild story of a family across four generations centered on the girl who becomes the woman who founds a business dynasty and becomes a matriarch in her own right. Betrayal, treachery, the loss of innocence and the scars of love, pave the road in this intense emotional and human comedy about becoming a true boss of family and enterprise facing a world of unforgiving commerce. Allies become adversaries and adversaries become allies, both inside and outside the family, as Joy’s inner life and fierce imagination carry her through the storm she faces. Jennifer Lawrence stars, with Robert De Niro, Bradley Cooper, Edgar Ramirez, Isabella Rossellini, Diane Ladd, and Virginia Madsen. Like David O. Russell’s previous films, Joy defies genre to tell a story of family, loyalty, and love.
I feel like I just read a book jacket for some 19th century Russian novel that I’d buy the SparkNotes for in college. All that matters: J-Law looking badass shooting a pump-action shotgun. Get some, J. Get some.