Joyland

Name: Joyland
Genre: Romance, Drama
Released: 2022-11-18
Duration: 127 min
Rating: 7.6

2022 · 2h 7m · Romance, Drama

IMDb 7.6 Metacritic 82 RT 98%

Watch it tonight—Joyland is a bold, beautifully crafted film that critics adore for good reason, blending family drama with genuine romance and an unflinching look at identity and desire. The stellar Rotten Tomatoes score (98%) signals this is the real deal, not just prestige posturing, and while IMDb's 7.6 suggests some find it slow, that's a small price for an audacious story that sticks with you.

Plot

As a patriarchal family yearns for the birth of a son to continue their family line, their youngest son secretly joins an erotic dance theatre and falls for its transgender starlet.

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