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“"Joy" is based, albeit loosely, on the life of Joy Mangano, an entrepreneur, inventor and QVC shopping network star with the mega-selling Miracle Mop. Jennifer Lawrence is excellent as Joy, but the film starts off on the wrong foot with woeful depictions of her background as the only sane person in her dysfunctional family.”

Quote by Kenneth Turan

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Kenneth Turan is a renowned film critic, born on October 27, 1946. He is highly respected in the film criticism community for his insightful and thought-provoking reviews. more

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