Saturday, January 2, 2016

Joy (2015)

Rated: PG-13 - Runtime: 124 min
tesg's Rating: Two and one half stars (out of four)

Supposedly loosely based on the story of Miracle Mop inventor Joy Mangano, this is...well...the story of Joy Mangano.  Except the Mangano family members are all only referred to (and credited) by their first name and the mop is never referred to as the Miracle Mop.  Was there a rights issue here?  Is Mangano getting screwed?  Given the focus of this story, that'd be ironic.

Anyway, the big problem is the whole thing is wrapped up way too quickly.  Which honestly is probably for the better, but you still feel a little cheated.