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MOVIE REVIEW: Joy

The problematic factor for this David O. Russell and his acting muses is the diminishing returns of their final products.  Showing a case of beginner's luck, "Silver Linings Playbook" was a crowd-pleasing quirky romance that netted Lawrence an Oscar.  Full of promise, "American Hustle" was an overrated and misguided attempt at Scorsese Lite.  "Joy" now arrives with a random mix of events that may begin insinuate the 14th century expression of "going to the well once too often" for this group.  Like the idiom's definition, Russell and company have taken repeated risks and have now pushed their luck too far.  

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