Joy Movie Cover

Joy

PG-13, 2015, 20th Century Fox

Director:

David O. Russell

Starring:

Jennifer Lawrence, Robert de Niro, Elizabeth Röhm, Edgar Ramirez, Virginia Madsen, Bradley Cooper, Dascha Polanco

Plot:

Joy is the story of a family across four generations and the woman who rises to become founder and matriarch of a powerful family business dynasty.

1

I'm returning him

Themes: Divorce, Father-Daughter, Quarreling

2

I decide what we sell

Themes: Business, Choices, Confidence, Rejection

3

TV sales pitch draws thousands

Themes: Covet, Desires, Materialism, Needs, Greed

4

Parking lot sales

Themes: Business, Evangelism, Manipulation

5

I should sell my product

Themes: Accountability, Business, Expectations, Self-Reliance

6

Selling yourself

Themes: Accomplishment, Flirting, Invention, Self-Worth

7

8

Never speak on my behalf

Themes: Business, Family, Self-Reliance

9

America offers opportunity

Themes: Fairness, Impartiality, Opportunity, Words

10

Be ruthless in business

Themes: Business, Greed, Money

11

No prince in girl's fairytales

Themes: Calling, Marriage, Self-Reliance, Romance, Singles

12

Parents' divorce like death to child

Themes: Children, Divorce, Loss, Raising Children

13

Father tries to talk bride out of marriage

Themes: Empty Nest, Father-Daughter, Father's Love, Growing Up, Support, Fatherhood

14

Valedictorian achievements disappointing

Themes: Achievement, Identity in Christ, Pleasing Others, Self-Image, Self-Worth, Potential, Success

15

Woman watches from grave

Themes: Afterlife, Death, Eternity, Grandparents, Heaven and Hell, Sadness

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