“I saw about 10 or 15 minutes of it,” Schrader said. “I left, bought something, came back, saw another 10 minutes. That was enough.” When asked what he didn’t like about the musical aspect of the film, Schrader was equally as blunt – Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga.

Paul Schrader did not hold back when sharing his negative opinion about Joker 2. What Did Paul Schrader Say About Joker 2? Schrader recently sat down with Jeremy O. Harris before the New York Film Festival premiere of his next film,

Folie à Deux, to say the least, opting to leave the theater to buy something instead of screening the film in its entirety. During a new sit-down conversation with Jeremy O. Harris for Interview Magazine,

Folie à Deux continues to die at the box office, screenwriter Paul Schrader ( Taxi Driver ) comes in kicking the film while it’s down by sharing his brutally honest thoughts on it. The movie hasn’t really connected with critics or fans.

Director Paul Schrader — The Card Counter, First Reform — has never been shy about offering his opinions ( here he is on what a deadbeat Lindsay Lohan was during promotion for The Canyons ). His latest is on the subject of Todd Phillips’ Joker: Folie À Deux, a movie that manages to be both mean and very dull.

Folie à Deux" critic. The auteur seemingly couldn't find any semblance of his "Taxi Driver" or Martin Scorsese's "King of Comedy" in "Joker: Folie à Deux," despite director Todd Phillips saying both inspired the Oscar-winning first film,

Writer-director Paul Schrader calls out the Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga-starrer Joker: Folie à Deux

Robert Okine/Getty Images While the original Joker had been compared to Martin Scorsese‘s Taxi Driver, that film’s acclaimed screenwriter Paul Schrader wasn’t impressed with Todd Phillips‘ panned sequel,

Schrader’s ‘Taxi Driver’ which he wrote for Martin Scorsese reportedly served as an inspiration for the first part of ‘Joker’, based on the eponymous DC Comics villain

Folie à Deux” and only lasted around 20 minutes or so before deciding he couldn’t take it any longer. The “Joker” sequel, headlined by Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga, has flopped at the box office amid negative reviews and stands to lose between $150 million

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