Starring Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Edgar Ramirez, Bradley Cooper and Diane Ladd. Directed by David O Russell and Produced by John Davis, Megan Ellison, Jonathan Gordon, Screenplay by David O Russell and Music by West Dylan Thordson / David Campbell.
Storyline:
A simple story of Joy Mangano ( Jennifer Lawrence), a young divorced lady who had been subject to failures in her career, marriage and family. Joy, daughter of a foundry owner Rudy is an enterprising girl right from her childhood, trying to invent and innovate right from her childhood times. She always wanted to invent something on her own and patent the product on her name. Her first failure starts with her marriage to Tony (Edgar Ramirez) who is a failed singer. Next she fails in her career due to the disturbances at her home with divorced parents. She gets bogged down with her tired and burdened life when one day she gets an idea to invent a highly absorbent, self-wringing mop for a regular woman in an American household. She somehow ropes in investment for her product from her dad’s (Robert De Niro) new fiancé Trudy after making an entry to the country’s best home selling television show QVC., run by Niel (Bradley Cooper). Unfortunately, here again she fails as she will have to sell her mortgaged house for not having registered a proper patent right to her product and falls into a huge debt trap. Here’s where she decides to take life head on and transforms into a highly determined woman who will not accept defeat, henceforth. She studies the Patent law and visits her manufacturer to know the nitty gritties of where it actually went wrong. There she discovers that she has been cheated and threatens the manufacturer with law suites, for his false claims and cheating. She not only gets back her lost money but also emerges as a confident, successful businesswoman to establish her own business empire later. The story ends with Niel waiting for Joy’s appointment outside her plush office, which happens to be the reverse of how Joy waited for Niel outside his cabin years ago to sell her mop.
Pros: A clean motivational story of a middle class woman in today’s society who faces the burden of continous challenges and failures in her day to day life. It’s a movie that everybody should watch and learn from the determination of Joy to excel in life without accepting defeat. A compelling mindset driven by constant innovative thought process despite the hardships of a disturbed life which ultimately forces success to embrace anybody unconditionally. Excellent screenplay by the Director and stunning performance by Jennifer. Every modern woman can clearly reflect herself in this character of Joy and one gets to imbibe the inspiration that is generated from this simply powerful character. I appreciate the guts of the Producer for having picked up a story like this in today’s Hollywood scenario where high quality graphics driven action thrillers are ruling the box office collections. Sure this movie will be nominated and win atleast one or two Oscar awards.
Cons: Joy’s lone meeting with her manufacturer in his town and getting back her money with interest by openly threatening him with fraudulent activities, seemed to be little out of the groove to me, in this crime filled world. I don’t think he would have budged so easily for a simple threat from a lone woman in his town, without harming her. Moreover, his consent on a simple white paper doesn’t hold good in the court of law, if at all he contests it at a later stage. Joy’s continued friendship with his divorced husband Tony again, seems to be adverse, even after her runaway success.
My rating is 4.25 out of 5
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