The movie Joker had released earlier this month and had sparked off a huge debate ever since because of the content of the movie. Though some seemed to applaud the movie for tackling mental illness and bringing to light the severity of the matter, others have bashed the Hollywood movie for glorifying violence.

The movie attempts to give a backstory to Gotham’s notorious villain Joker and how the clown prince of crime slowly descends into a path of hate and violence after being bullied and rejected from society.

Regardless of what opinion you have on the connotation of the movie, you can’t help but feel for the Joker and applaud Joaquin Phoenix’s splendid acting!

That’s precisely what Dubai-ers on social media are posting, tweets of the actor’s brilliant performance are flooding out as people are hoping for the American actor to receive a nomination for his work in the movie.

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Fans are rooting for the American actor and activist to take home the next Academy Award

https://twitter.com/JMSaWayne/status/1180090996555681793

Clearly Joaquin Phoenix has completely NAILED his performance

The Joker has always had a massive cult following but it seems like after the release of this movie, the like-o-meter has shifted in favour of the Gotham crime master BIG time.

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 What. A. Movie!!!

👌🏼10/10 acting: It’s incredible that Heath Ledger’s Joker performance in The Dark Knight set the bar so high, yet Joaquin Phoenix still managed to perfectly master Joker’s role.

🔝MASTERPIECE: One of the best movies I’ve ever seen!#JokerMovie 🤡 pic.twitter.com/LLuOXHe1Cq

— Saif AlShahwarzi (@saifalshahwarzi) October 9, 2019

The one message that you’ll be taking away with you is that villians are not born, villains are created

Sums it up perfectly 🙌🏻👌🏻#Joker pic.twitter.com/ApEFLqXIJX

— Fatima Jamal (@fatimaj_dxb) October 8, 2019

The Joker spinoff also received a lot of rave reviews at several film festivals

The movie already received the prestigious Golden Lion award for best film at the Venice Film Festival.

https://twitter.com/AlzeenyHamza/status/1181128141596774401

Thas’ it! It’ll be nearly impossible for other movies to beat the response that the Joker is getting in JUST its second week of release

Movie of the year #Joker 🤡 pic.twitter.com/aTOhPwV6N8

— Rashed AlTurki (@AlturkiRashed) October 9, 2019

Amidst the massive praise for Joaquin Phoenix, Warner Bros. released a statement addressing the controversy

The Warner Bros. stated that,

‘Neither the fictional character Joker nor the film is an endorsement of real-world violence of any kind’.

#JokerMovie is the #1 Movie in the World. Now playing everywhere. pic.twitter.com/bQM3E94Opo

— Joker Movie (@jokermovie) October 7, 2019