Yahoo Movies Where to stream Joker: Folie à Deux in the UK
Oscar winner Joaquin Phoenix returns as Arthur Fleck in the DC sequel
Divisive DC sequel Joker: Folie à Deux — also known as Joker 2 — has landed on streaming platforms after becoming of 2024’s biggest box-office bombs.
The film follows in the bloody footsteps of 2019’s original, with Oscar winner Joaquin Phoenix returning as Arthur Fleck, who takes on the mantle of the titular Clown Prince of Crime. Lady Gaga stars opposite him as Harley ‘Lee’ Quinn, putting a musical spin on a character previously played by Margot Robbie in the main DC Cinematic Universe.
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If you’re ready to put on a happy face, here’s you need to know about Joker 2’s digital release, as well as its reviews, cast and plot.
Where can I stream Joker: Folie à Deux?
Joker: Folie à Deux is available to buy from Prime Video, Apple TV and Sky Store now, a month after its release in cinemas. The film has earned a 15 rating in the UK for strong violence, language and brief sex, and an R rating in the US.
What have critics said about Joker: Folie à Deux?
Reviews for Joker: Folie à Deux danced online after a a divisive debut at the Venice Film Festival in September, with many highlighting the mixed-bag nature of the DC spin-off sequel.
The Telegraph’s write-up called the movie suitably disturbing but criticised it for not going far enough. Meanwhile, the Evening Standard didn’t pull its punches, labelling the movie “depressingly dull and plodding.” The Independent highlighted its bleak tone but made a point of mentioning its references to other classic films, saying “Phillips takes a tour through at least a century of Hollywood.”
Variety would’ve liked to have seen Joker be a bit more Joker, saying “there’s no longer any danger to his presence. He’s not trying to kill someone, and he’s not leading a revolution. He’s just singing and (on occasion) dancing his way into his Joker daydream.”
Deadline on the other hand praised Phoenix’s performance, explaining “he tap dances, sings and sells this role like no other — if not topping his Oscar-winning turn in Joker, at least finding a way to take him in different, wholly surprising direction.”
Read more Joker: Folie à Deux reviews below:
The Telegraph: Joaquin Phoenix’s disturbing, twisted sequel doesn’t go Gaga enough (3-min read)
Evening Standard: Depressingly dull and plodding (4-min read)
The Independent: Just as bleak and daring as the original (3-min read)
Variety: Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga Star in a Cracked Jukebox Musical — but It Doesn’t Let Joker Be Joker Enough (9-min read)
Deadline: Joaquin Phoenix And Lady Gaga In Todd Phillips’ Brilliant Musical Return To A World Of Madness (7-min read)
The Wrap: Joaquin Phoenix Is Daring, Pathetic in Todd Phillips’ Impressively Odd Sequel (6-min read)
IndieWire: Todd Phillips’ Musical Sequel Feels Like It’s Bad on Purpose (12-min read)
Is there a trailer for Joker: Folie à Deux?
The teaser trailer for Joker: Folie à Deux landed online in April. In the clip, set against the music What The World Needs Now by Jackie DeShannon, Phoenix is in the Joker’s signature make-up, and is seen taking the stage and performing in a nightclub.
The teaser sees Gaga and Phoenix run through the streets and dance elegantly against a moonlit sky, and ends with Quinn visiting the Joker in prison.
Watch it below:
The full trailer for Joker: Folie à Deux was released shortly before the sequel made its grand debut at the 2024 Venice Film Festival. It provides a deeper look at the movie’s musical elements, something which was praised in some first reactions to the movie.
We also got a better look at Joker’s relationship to Lady Gaga’s Harley Quinn. Watch it above.
Finally, a musical trailer for the Joker sequel was released in September, soundtracked by Gaga’s cover of crooner classic That’s Life. Watch it below:
Who is in the Joker: Folie à Deux cast?
Surprising no one, Joaquin Phoenix once again slathers on the grease paint as Arthur Fleck, aka Joker.
Zazie Beetz reprises her role as Fleck’s neighbour Sophie, while Leigh Gill is back as his ex-colleague Gary. Another star from the first Joker, Sharon Washington, returns as Fleck’s social worker.
Lady Gaga brings queen of chaos Harley Quinn to life, marking her first film role since 2021’s House of Gucci. Other newcomers to the cast include Alan Partridge star Steve Coogan, who plays a TV host, and In Bruges’ Brendan Gleeson, who stars as a hospital guard. Industry actor Harry Lawtey takes on the role of Gotham’s district attorney Harvey Dent.
What will happen in Joker: Folie à Deux?
The ending of Joker left things on something of a cliffhanger. An incarcerated Fleck was locked up in Arkham State Hospital at some unknown point after he incited riots across Gotham City. Fleck broke free after possibly murdering his therapist.
Folie à Deux picks up two years after these events. The official synopsis for the sequel reads: “Joker: Folie à Deux finds Arthur Fleck institutionalised at Arkham awaiting trial for his crimes as Joker. While struggling with his dual identity, Arthur not only stumbles upon true love, but also finds the music that's always been inside him.”
What does Folie à Deux mean?
As defined by the Collins dictionary, Folie à Deux is a psychiatric term for “mental illness occurring simultaneously in two intimately related persons who share some of the elements of the illness, such as delusions.”
The literal translation from French is ‘double insanity’, and the first instance of the term was recorded in the 19th century. It is now defined as Shared Psychotic Disorder (SPD), and usually affects two or more people. There is usually a dominant partner, and another who acts under the other’s influence.
According to the National Library of Medicine, the condition is often associated with social isolation, one of the key themes of the first Joker movie.
Joker: Folie à Deux is available to buy digitally
