During a new sit-down conversation with Jeremy O. Harris for Interview Magazine, the filmmaker and screenwriter mentioned offhandedly that he had gone to watch the musical follow-up to the 2019 Joker, which stars Joaquin Phoenix as failed comedian Arthur Fleck and Lady Gaga as Harley Quinn.

“I saw about 10 or 15 minutes of it,” Schrader said. “I left, bought something, came back, saw another 10 minutes. That was enough.” When asked what he didn’t like about the musical aspect of the film, Schrader was equally as blunt – Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga.

Paul Schrader is the latest “Joker: Folie à Deux” critic.

Folie à Deux continues to die at the box office, screenwriter Paul Schrader ( Taxi Driver ) comes in kicking the film while it’s down by sharing his brutally honest thoughts on it. The movie hasn’t really connected with critics or fans.

Paul Schrader, acclaimed writer of Taxi Driver and a filmmaker himself, was not a big fan of Joker: Folie à Deux to say the least. The Todd Philips musical drama opened to negative reviews and emerged as the biggest box office disappointment of the year.

Taxi Driver writer Paul Schrader has decided to weigh in on Joker: Folie à Deux, admitting that he was unable to make it through the DC sequel. He also has nothing nice to say about the movie's leads.

Robert Okine/Getty Images While the original Joker had been compared to Martin Scorsese‘s Taxi Driver, that film’s acclaimed screenwriter Paul Schrader wasn’t impressed with Todd Phillips‘ panned sequel,

Folie à Deux” and only lasted around 20 minutes or so before deciding he couldn’t take it any longer. The “Joker” sequel, headlined by Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga, has flopped at the box office amid negative reviews and stands to lose between $150 million

Paul Schrader did not hold back when sharing his negative opinion about Joker 2. What Did Paul Schrader Say About Joker 2? Schrader recently sat down with Jeremy O. Harris before the New York Film Festival premiere of his next film,

Hollywood writer-director Paul Schrader says he couldn’t survive Joker: Folie à Deux for more than 20 minutes. The Taxi Driver (1976) scriptwriter said the sequel, starring Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga,

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