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
Woman sticks to being herself
Themes: Appearances, Being Yourself, Conformity, Outward Appearance, Pleasing Others
8
Never speak on my behalf
Themes: Business, Family, Self-Reliance
9
America offers opportunity
Themes: Fairness, Impartiality, Opportunity, Words
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