JOY (12A)

WHO’S IN IT?

Jennifer Lawrence (The Hunger Games), Robert De Niro (Raging Bull), Bradley Cooper (American Sniper), Édgar Ramírez (Zero Dark Thirty), Elisabeth Röhm (American Hustle), Dascha Polanco (Orange Is The New Black), Isabella Rossellini (Blue Velvet), Diane Ladd (Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore), Virginia Madsen (Sideways), Donna Mills (Play Misty For Me), Maurice Benard (Ruby), Isabella Cramp (The Neighbors)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

David O. Russell (Silver Linings Playbook), director, writer, producer; John Davis (Chronicle), Megan Ellison (Her), Jonathan Gordon (American Hustle) and Ken Mok (Invincible), producers; Danny Elfman (Edward Scissorhands), composer; Linus Sandgren (The Hundred-Foot Journey), cinematographer; Alan Baumgarten (Zombieland), Jay Cassidy (Fury), Tom Cross (Whiplash) and Christopher Tellefsen (Moneyball), editors

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Over four generations, divorced mother of three Joy Mangaro (Lawrence) rises in the ranks with her business empire as an inventor and entrepreneur, after creating the successful Miracle Mop…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Jennifer Lawrence is on top-form as ever as she reteams with David O. Russell, who directed her to an Oscar in Silver Linings Playbook, for a film about the success story of Miracle Mop inventor Joy Mangaro.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 1ST JANUARY 2016

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