'Joker' receives 8-minute standing ovation in Venice Film Festival, reviews say movie 'headed straight to Oscars'

While the world is smitted by the trailer of Joker, audiences at Venice Film Festival got to witness the film first-hand at the premier. Much like the trailer of the film, Joker as a movie has also left people smitten, so much that it received eight-minute standing ovation.

Not only that, the reviews of this movie post screening on Saturday night, according to a report on The Independent, claim that the movie is 'headed straight to Oscars. Venice artistic director Alberto Barbera was of the same opinion about the movie starring Joaquin Phoenix as Batman’s nemesis.

The publication carried a review which stated the film is 'powerful and original'. Talking about Phoenix's acting skills, the review went on to mention that the artist plays the character in a way that makes him seem both 'sympathetic and very creepy'.

Other reviews, while talking about the movie mentioned:

Unquestionably the boldest reinvention of ‘superhero’ cinema since The Dark Knight - IndieWire

Gloriously daring and explosive film - The Guardian

Meanwhile, talking about Phoenix, here's what the reviews stated:

Phoenix is astonishing as a mentally ill geek who becomes the killer-clown Joker in Todd Phillips’ neo-Taxi Driver knockout: the rare comic-book movie that expresses what’s happening in the real world - Variety

As Arthur/Joker, Joaquin Phoenix is astonishing… having lost weight for the role, he looks thin, frail, hungry. Shadows carve out his exposed bones. His physicality is precise – the way he moves, shuffles, runs, sits, smokes, shrinks. His usual intensity is on full display and it’s captivating, even overwhelming in moments - Empire

Joker, directed by Todd Philips, is slated to release in United Kingdom on October 4, 2019.