If memory serves Phoenix actually hurt himself while trying to force his smile. Really shows the dedication he had for the role.

This adaptation of the Joker was disturbing, but in a good way. This man was broken. Instead of being held hostage to it, he owned it.

carried the entire movie on his back

I don’t think being so immersed in your character and being such a phenomenal actor that you can cry when necessary counts as an accident

How about another joke Murray? 🤡

There are no accidents - master oogway

I can't believe the director actually had DeNiro killed, what dedication to the craft

He is improvised a lot of scenes and that’s what made it a masterpiece.

Source: “trust me bro”

My fav movie of 2019. By far one of the best stand alone villain arcs.

nope. Phoenix was crying because he was thinking: my God! I'm so damn good 😭

It actually gets across the point of mental illness much better as it contrasts his smile he’s trying to create with his sadness, both of which he involuntarily displays throughout the duration of the film. A loved one of mine said they were initially interesting in watching this movie to see how their illness would be portrayed by Arthur.

I love this man as an Actor. He embodies and embraces his character!! I see another Oscar for Joker 2.

Felt that scene I teared too

It represents people who force themselves to smile,with even though they're internally suffering.

His portrayal of Joker was beyond performance.

His acting is so natural tbh. ❤❤ it

Greatest Performance !

Did you know, in Breaking Bad, Mark Margolis was acting out of the show to pretend he played hector, but they actually forced an innocent crippled man to play Hector?

Maybe because he realize that joker's life is actually refflects his own story 😢

This guy doesn't actually know if the director knows if it was perfect

It's a dark film but still a great story

After Heath this guy also did justice for joker character without comparison we have to enjoy the both performance❤❤

I like it when Joker said its smilin time! And smiled all over the place.

Such an amazing actor

Can't wait to see Phoenix "Joker" and Batman on the big screen ❤️

I remember on October 4th, 2019 me and my friend went to the movie theater to go see Joker. It's a good movie

If they left out the scene right after this shot we would still know this is gonna be a sad movie. It captures Arthur Fleck as a character

No one could’ve played this joker better

If it was an accident, why was there a camera perfectly set up in that angle 💀

Man this movie was so disturbing… Doesn’t all this get to these actors they’re so immersed it’s brilliant on screen but can’t imagine what it does mentally We’re all already so troubled more additions to all that sigh

god this is definitely my favorite portrayal. He made joker so real

His facial expression was like, " Why can't i be happy? , why is it harder when it comes to my happiness?"

I seen this guy as a kid in the movie gladiator he played his villian role so well 😂 like that was the first time I seen someone die and was like he had that coming 😂 great actor but his performance in the joker was really something else wasn't it

He might be my favorite all time actor.

I’ve heard so many accidents that he did , such as punching that one box in the scene and injuring his hand. I’m starting to believe his entire act on screen was just an accident gone right

very powerful movie ... amazing acting

I swear this guy is one of the best actors of our time in almost every facet

"All mistakes become masterpieces" - me irl

It was self-induced, self-inflicted. But it made the scene that much more real and believable. That of a man struggling with himself, with life. Coming to grips that he lives in a grim world and it's changing him. He's torn between the shreds of goodness he still has left within him versus what he's becoming. He wants both, but can't have both. He knows giving up on either one will hurt him, but he's tiring of holding onto both. He's being driven to a bad place: He knows there's good people in the world but he rarely gets to see it, and it's always taken away when he comes close to it. On the other side, part of him wants to go headlong in the other direction. Merely a reflection of what the world gives to him, and choosing to amplify it. And he knows he's being consumed. He has to accept the fact that as bad as this world might be, he may not be the best person in the world either but he at least has his reasons.

Did you know to perfectly make the scene iconic, Murray convinced himself to get shot in the Goat Damn head. Pheonix did not disappointed Murray and did what he was suppose to do.

Joaquin murdered this role. I love when an actor becomes the character and really convinces you you’re watching a real life downfall of a man.

First scene of the movie. I got goosebumps and I said to myself “this film is going to rule”

Probably my favorite interpretation of the joker.

Me trying to not do a ugly cry face after I feel a sharp pain in my foot:

He is absolutely brilliant. ❤

Actually, all the incidents of the movie are real, the camera man drank an invisibility potion before recording.

The joker is not a villain he is a broken hero.😢

Amazing actor for the Joker. He played it incredibly well it was almost real

‘It literally wasn’t’

BEST MOVIE!! On my top 10 list. He was PHENOMENAL in the role!

Phoenix is a stellar actor. That’s no accident. Improvised is the proper term.

Love that shot. So intense. You don't know the character yet, you can tell something is off with him, but when the tear drops, he pulls out his fingers and he drops to a an expression filled with so much pain, you know something is very wrong and you can feel the pain, without knowing it's source yet.

joker: cries director: CUT! THATS PERFECT!

This movie is pure art.

Did you know that in the joker, when the joker shoots the gangsters on the train, he did so because he actually hated gangsters

Sad movie because I could feel his pain.

In my opinion, it was the greatest performance ever

My mother thought this movie was mordifying. But in reality. I smiled with glee wgen my favorite supervillain was shown his true spotlight!!

This man suffered and he got what he f***in' deserved. There was no other option for best actor that year

He shed a tear because he was listening to the soundtrack

Hes a method Actor like Daniel Day- Lewis and Marlon Brando, he lives the part.

That's sadness he played Joker well

Pov you figure out you can make yourself happy by smiling for 10 minutes

Fantastic actor. Cannot wait for Joker 2.

He was tensing up his trigeminal nerve with his fingers.

If i think about my life really hard i can make a single tear fall too

Imagine if she uses that on a enemy that has the brain capacity to survive, and even understand the information given

the meaning of the scene makes the tear make more sense and hit much harder.

That single tear is thousand times perfect than the whole Hollywood!

Fun fact:Juaqin actually didn't act at all during the movie. The movie was just a normal Monday for him.

Pennywise: I’ve never driven before in the video 3 years ago: *Pennywise driving to McDonalds*

Probably a eye contact with the makeup. But definitely deserves to stay in.

I loved this movie it really brought emotion

It was cuz at the same time of filling this they listened to the soundtrack for the first time and the violin made him emotional

Joaquin Phoenix was born to play this iconic character

he just didn’t blink

Thz actor has lived the character. No wonder he won the Oscar.

I just watched the movie never felt more uncomfortable watching a character fall further away

me trying my best to look "happy"

Plot twist: He just got makeup in his eye and was extremely uncomfortable

Without the tear the scene would be almost useless

Heath ledger and Joaquin are legends.

What I liked about this movie is this was a much more realistic portrayal of Joker being created, a person snaps because if how ugly society is. He didnt pick up a rifle and took the easy way out, he wanted to unto other what was done to him

Brilliant performance in a Brilliant film !!

Even if it was an accidental,it seems very genuine, which totally does seem perfect for this.

Dude this is when you know that the director knows what he's doing Because that could have just been an honest mistake. And then they had to just give it a second take. That's it, but instead he decides to put it in. Because it's 10 times better at conveying the message than it would have. If he had just left it as it was

Best adaptation of Joker in my opinion

This version set the stage for _*The Batman*_, as the two films a quite literally, plot wise, companion films.

The whole time I thought it was intentional and a metaphor of the crying clown

Could watch this movie 100 times honestly

Of course he literally smiles until he crys of laugh's

Well son that’s how your dad never came

Me being his test:man it's a bright day today *man leaves the tear*now it isn't bright

He mental patient w thousand of bad habits Couseling problems I wonder how his life is! Because he really out there for real on a different level of 20 people in one time wow 🤩

Thats awesome he just pulled that out. Also, it was not scripted when he punched the punch clock

Overwhelmed BY WHAT

This is really weird that this was not part of the plan because it fits really well with Arthur's character

"Trust me bro"

It is hard to call this thing “Perfect.” Because it is much, much more beyond than a simple perfect.