The Joker is Wild

The Joker is Wild

The Most Electric Performance That Ever Shocked and Fascinated an Audience!

Directed by Charles Vidor

Produced by AMBL Productions, Paramount Pictures

1957126 min8.1 / 10

A dark biographical drama about a Prohibition-era entertainer whose promising career is brutally derailed by mob violence, steeped in period melancholy and the tragedy of lost potential.

A Prohibition-era nightclub crooner has his career is cut short when his throat is slashed by a mob boss.

Questions people ask

  • Is The Joker is Wild sad? Yes, very. More sad than 91% of films.

  • Is The Joker is Wild violent? Yes. More violent than 80% of films.

  • Does The Joker is Wild end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of films.

  • Is The Joker is Wild scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 67% of films.

  • Is The Joker is Wild easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

84/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

There is almost nothing else like this.

Rarity62

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise96

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love96

How much audiences actually like it

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Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

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Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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