Joy

— Jennifer Lawrence brings Joy Mangano’s character to life and, even as David O. Russell jumps from scene to scene at a quick pace, she manages to be the tether holding it all together. Mangano invented a self-wringing mop that sold like hotcakes, eventually making her a QVC network star. It ends up the film is only loosely based on Mangano’s life and, good as Lawrence and her supporting cast are, the film is fun to watch, particularly as the characters are introduced and as Joy struggles to get her mop to market, but it falls a little flat in the end. Lawrence manages to make seeing the movie worthwhile, but David O. Russell’s previous two films are far better films.

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[2015. 124 min. Directed by David O. Russell. Starring Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Bradley Cooper, Diane Ladd, Virginia Madsen, Edgar Ramirez, and Isabella Rossellini.]
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/25/movies/review-jennifer-lawrence-as-a-modern-day-cinderella-in-joy.html