The Wrap | ‘Joy’ Review

The Wrap

For fans of “Silver Linings Playbook” and “American Hustle,” part of what made those David O. Russell films so thrilling was the bravado of the writer-director’s storytelling skill. As the plots made bold shifts in tone and the characters uttered stylized yet thoroughly quotable dialogue, audiences often held their breath to see if the auteur could get to the finish line without having these brilliantly fragile creations collapse.