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Joy
2015
· Movie
· 124 min
C
MEANRANK
66/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2977
- IMDb #3110
- Google retired #1868
- Rotten Tomatoes #3196
- Metacritic #2927
- Letterboxd #3346
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #3253
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #3587
- Metacritic Critics #2785
- Metacritic Audience #2991
- Kinopoisk #3173
- AlloCiné #2077
- Trakt #2641
Every rating
56–86
out of 100
A woman struggles to support her complex and divided family over multiple decades. Her ingenuity leads her to invent a revolutionary new product. The film follows her journey as she fights against skepticism and financial obstacles to build a business empire from scratch. She navigates the cutthroat world of commerce and her own tumultuous family dynamics to achieve success on her own terms.
Details
- Director
- David O. Russell
- Writers
- Annie Mumolo, David O. Russell
- Released
- 24 December 2015
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 124 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $60.0M
- Box office
- $101.1M
- Awards
- 5 wins, 19 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 24 →1 major award won · 5 wins from 24 nominations across 13 ceremonies
| Golden Globe Awards 2015 | Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical | Jennifer Lawrence | Winner |
| Academy Awards 2015 | Best Actress | Jennifer Lawrence | Nominee |
| Art Directors Guild Awards 2015 | Contemporary Film | Judy Becker | Nominee |
| Critics' Choice Awards 2015 | Best Actress | Jennifer Lawrence | Nominee |
| Critics' Choice Awards 2015 | Best Comedy | Nominee | |
| Critics' Choice Awards 2015 | Best Actress in a Comedy | Jennifer Lawrence | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 2015 | Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Nominee | |
| AARP Annual Movies for Grownups Awards 2015 | Best Director | David O. Russell | Nominee |
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Golden Globe Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical | Jennifer Lawrence | Winner |
| Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Nominee |
Critics' Choice Awards
3 nominations
| Best Actress | Jennifer Lawrence | Nominee |
| Best Actress in a Comedy | Jennifer Lawrence | Nominee |
| Best Comedy | Nominee |
Academy Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actress | Jennifer Lawrence | Nominee |
Art Directors Guild Awards
1 nomination
| Contemporary Film | Judy Becker | Nominee |
AARP Annual Movies for Grownups Awards
7 nominations, 2 won
| Best Screenwriter | David O. Russell | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actress | Diane Ladd | Winner |
| Best Comedy | Nominee | |
| Best Director | David O. Russell | Nominee |
| Best Picture | Nominee | |
| Best Supporting Actor | Robert De Niro | Nominee |
| Best Time Capsule | Nominee |
MovieGuide Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Faith & Freedom Award for Movies | Winner |
Teen Choice Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Choice Movie Actress: Drama | Jennifer Lawrence | Winner |
Detroit Film Critics Society
2 nominations
| Best Actress | Jennifer Lawrence | Nominee |
| Best Ensemble | Nominee |
MTV Movie Awards
2 nominations
| Best Female Performance | Jennifer Lawrence | Nominee |
| True Story | Nominee |
ACE Eddie Awards
1 nomination
| Best Edited Feature Film – Comedy or Musical | Alan Baumgarten, Jay Cassidy, Tom Cross and Christopher Tellefsen | Nominee |
Casting Society of America
1 nomination
| Big Budget – Comedy | Mary Vernieu, Lindsay Graham, Angela Peri | Nominee |
Costume Designers Guild Awards
1 nomination
| Excellence in Contemporary Film | Michael Wilkinson | Nominee |
Denver Film Critics Society
1 nomination
| Best Comedy | Nominee |