The first social media reactions for Warner Bros.' Joker movie are now online following its world premiere at the Venice International Film Festival this morning, and it sounds like the majority of critics (out of the ones that decided to share their thoughts, anyway) were very impressed by Todd Philips' unique origin story for DC's Clown Prince of Crime.
The movie reportedly received a thunderous standing ovation, and is being hailed as a "darkly funny", "thrilling", "tragic" "masterpiece" anchored by a "powerful, Oscar worthy performance" from star Joaquin Phoenix.
Strong praise indeed for a film that was expected to be highly controversial and divisive, but we'll see what the general consensus is when those reviews hit!
In the meantime, hit the "View List" button down below to check out the Twitter reactions.
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