JOY - film

Jennifer Lawrence stars as Joy Mangano, the woman who invented the self-wringing Miracle Mop in the early 1990s. In this "semi-biographical" film she plays the role well, you absolutely buy her desperation, her hustle, hustle, hustle to get the thing off the ground. Pardon the pun.

But there's a lot going on around her that didn't really support the story and arguably detracted from it.

I liked this but didn't love it. I concur with this three star review in The Guardian Australia.

Trailer here.

DADDY'S HOME - film

This comedy starring Mark Wahlberg and Will Ferrell is a bit meh.

Will plays conservative step-father Brad and Mark is fun rebel father Dusty. The two kids whose affection they're fighting for are in the background really on this one and that's good news because neither are great actors.

There's some laughs to be had but nowhere near enough to make it worth shelling out $20 to see this, for mine.

A 2.5 star review in the Sydney Morning Herald says it all, really.

Trailer here.