Comedian Tim Dillon, who has a small part in the Todd Phillips-directed sequel says discussions about the first film being "loved by the wrong kinds of people" led filmmakers to go "the other way" with "Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga tap dancing to a point where it’s insane.

Sitting in the darkness of the cinema, watching Joker: Folie à Deux, it was hard not to be swept up in the film’s complex and challenging themes, the truly haunting soundtrack and the genuinely stunning performances from the film’s two leads, Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga.

Joker: Folie à Deux, the sequel to 2019's Joker, turned out to be a critical and commercial failure, drawing in abysmal reviews from critics and drastically underperforming at the box office. And even a background actor from the film has come forward to disparage the movie.