Joker Movie Rated R For The Reasons You Would Expect

Todd Phillips' Joker is receiving critical praise from the early previews with many saying Joaquin Phoenix should receive an Oscar nomination for Best Actor. Talk of a Best Picture nomination is being bandied about also. The trailer released a few months ago showed that the film looked to be a dark dive into one possible way the Joker could have come into being and now the rating for the film confirms that.

The film has been rated R for "Strong Bloody Violence, Disturbing Behavior, Language and Brief Sexual Images" or basically all you would expect from a Joker film. The early previews have talked about how it is a violent, tense film. There is no telling how much of a sympathetic character Phillips will make Arthur Fleck, but once his transformation happens it seems all bets are off. 

Joker releases October 4th.