JOKER FOLIE À DEUX BREAKDOWN! Ending Explained & Details You Missed!

Joker 2 Breakdown: WTF was this movie going trying to do? Erik Voss breaks down Joker Folie à Deux scene by scene for details you missed and the deeper layers of meaning hidden in this film by director Todd Phillips, Joaquin Phoenix, and Lady Gaga.

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CHAPTERS
00:00 - Joker 2 Review
00:38 - Cartoon Intro
02:49 - Arkham
05:54 - Arthur Psychoanalysis
08:09 - What Went Wrong with Joker 2
09:26 - Erik Obsesses About Bridges
09:52 - True Crime
10:56 - Arthur Meets Lee
11:24 - Harvey Dent
12:23 - Joker Easter Egg
12:42 - Do the Musical Elements Work?
16:24 - Best Scene
17:15 - TV Interview
18:15 - Trial Begins
19:50 - Joker & Harley
21:00 - Coolest Shot
22:05 - Trial Day 2
24:20 - Joker 2 Deleted Scene
25:45 - Closing Statement & Verdict
26:30 - Courtroom Bombing
27:40 - Arthur Death
28:53 - Heath Ledger Joker

Written by: Erik Voss
General Manager: Zach Huddleston
Head of Production: John Costa
Director of Programming: Brandon Barrick
Senior Producer: Jessica Clemons
Post Production Supervisor: Riley Auskelis
Staff Editors: Drew Coombs, Joshua Steven Hurd
Editors: Aaron Carrion, Cody Kenner, Devin Cleary, Georden West
Camera Operator: Dashiell Hamingson

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[NewRockstars]

How would you rate Joker Folie à Deux out of 10?

[yuniorreyes.]

Gary’s testimony absolutely broke my heart.

[devl]

I dont see it as a connection to heath ledgers joker, maybe a bit of a nod. but to me, it was saying "The joke carries on" and the joker will always find a way through someone.

[miter_t]

Funny thing about jokers, there's two in every deck!

[marioq]

This movie is like sequels in the 80's that only exist because the first movie unexpectedly did big business.

[joechill]

Poor Harvey Dent can't escape the flames.

[WARRIOR_Combat_Arts_Academy]

I loved this movie. It's ironic that this movie's main message has been completely proven true by how many people disliked it. Many people wanted to see the Joker villain from the Batman movies, but instead they got poor Arthur Fleck. But isn't that exactly what Arthur was complaining about his whole life? That no one ever cared about him, who he really is. But the moment he became the Joker, then they paid attention to his alter ego. But the real Arthur is killed instead, the same way the critics killed this movie. Too bad. This movie is genius.

[evagelios]

I think that the opening and end of the movie are the "Folie A Deux" that the film was named. I think Lee was a red herring, that the true "Shared madness" was between Arthur and the the Joker that takes his place. I think that irony makes the movie itself a bit of a joke. WE are being told a story (like many joke structures) and the punchline is that the character wearing clown makeup wasn't THE clown at all, just the inspiration.

[Dilanalikurt]

I went in thinking it can’t be that bad. It was that bad

[MattAlbie]

This movie is sort of a fascinating social experiment. There's the people who saw the first movie and said to themselves "This is very clearly not the Joker for a large variety of reasons." And then there's people who saw this movie were mad and OUTRAGED by the ending, so clearly they thought he was.

[zonedoutrunner]

In psychology, the shadow is the part of ourselves that we see as unacceptable and the ego keeps the shadow hidden. So the shadow taking over in the cartoon shows the worst part of himself, the part that he is ashamed of, defeating his ego.

[Luke_]

Not even the Jonkler could save this movie 💔

[whatisdelicious]

The guards let Harley in to see Arthur because she's from a very wealthy family and just paid them. No, it's not explicitly stated, but in this case it's more likely than it being imagined.

[zacharybuckles]

The more I think about it, the more I like the twist ending. In reality someone as mentally ill as Joker would have the mindset of “ he’s not the “real” Joker, I am!!” Leading to a type of “king of the hill” style moniker passed on with each Joker killed. It works quite well with the fact the Jokers never had a true identity.

[redroyofficial]

I think the issue is that we measure it against the Joker (the person) as an origin story. I think it’s more of an origin story on the idea of the Joker

[natethesnake]

See my theory is that the person that killed Arthur is actually Jack Napier. And it goes down to the line that Joker doesn't just have one if any origin story.

[JayTopSix]

this movie was beautiful, sad it's getting bad reviews from people that can't see it.

[notinuse]

When Gary testified and Arthur realized he was hurting people was really powerful and almost saved the movie.

[srewsmurf]

How could you possibly leave out the grape? That relived trauma was his breaking point right before "there is no joker"

[KZ-klfx]

10:43 ahh I don’t think he had any visitor - the guard had a heavy grievance with Joker and set him up to get killed in the hallway