Jennifer LawrenceandBradley Cooperare quickly becoming the Burns and Allen of this decade, having already appeared inthree movies together. Their fourth will be the autobiographical dramaJoy, which gets itsfirst trailertoday. The film is not only noteworthy for once again pairing two of today’s biggest stars. It also marks the thirdcollaborationbetween the pair, co-starRobert De Niro, and directorDavid O. Russell.
Joyis the wild story of a family across four generations centered on the girl who becomes the woman who founds a business dynasty and becomes a matriarch in her own right. Betrayal, treachery, the loss of innocence and the scars of love, pave the road in this intense emotional and human comedy about becoming a true boss of family and enterprise facing a world of unforgiving commerce. Allies become adversaries and adversaries become allies, both inside and outside the family, as Joy’s inner life and fierce imagination carry her through the storm she faces.
LikeDavid O. Russell’s previous films, Joy defies genre to tell a story of family, loyalty, and love. At the heart of this story isJoy Mangano, an American inventor and entrepreneur known for inventions such as the self-wringing Miracle Mop and Huggable Hangers. She is the President of Ingenious Designs, LLC, and appears regularly on US television shopping channel HSN. Jennifer Lawrence perfectly captures the nuances of this remarkable lady, and we’ll likely see the actress nominated for anotherAcademy Awardthis winter. She won her first Academy Award in 2012 forSilver Linings Playbook.
Silver Linings Playbookis also notable for being the first movie to star Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper together. They’re chemistry proved to be so combustible, and amazing thatDavid O. Russellturned around and hired them for his next project, 2013’sAmerican Hustle. The pair then went off on their own and starred in the logging dramaSerena, which recently made it’s debut on Netflix. The pair don’t seem to be tired of each other yet, and it’s possible that we’ll get even more collaborations in the future.
Joy is opening Christmas Day, and promises to have a lot of competition. It will be following the release ofStar Wars: The Force Awakenstwo weeks earlier, and arrives on the same day as such eagerly-awaited movies asAlvin and The Chipmunks: The Road Chip,The Hateful Eight,Will Smith’sConcussion, thePoint Breakremake andLeonardo DiCaprio’sThe Revenant. Once the other studios get a look at 20th Century Fox’s new Joy trailer, expect to hear a release date change or two.
