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Joy is a 2015 American biographical comedy-drama film, written and directed by D avid O. Russell[4] and starring Jennifer Lawrence as Joy Mangano, a self-made mi llionaire who created her own business empire. Mangano was a divorced mother wit h three children in the early 1990s when she invented the Miracle Mop and became an overnight success, after which she patented many other products, often selli ng on the Home Shopping Network and QVC. The film is a semi-fictional and inspir ational portrayal of how Mangano overcame personal and professional obstacles to rise to the top. Joy received a wide theatrical release on December 25, 2015, and is distributed by 20th Century Fox. It earned mixed reviews from critics, who praised Lawrence' s performance but criticized the writing and pace of the film, particularly the first half. Jennifer Lawrence received a nomination for the Academy Award for Be st Actress and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress Motion Picture Musica l or Comedy for her performance. Joy was nominated for the Golden Globe Award fo r Best Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, among other accolades. Contents [hide] 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production 3.1 Writing and casting 3.2 Filming 4 Release 5 Reception 5.1 Box office 5.2 Critical response 6 Awards and nominations 7 References 8 External links Plot[edit] In 1989, Joy Mangano is a divorced mother of two, working as a booking clerk for Eastern Airlines. She lives with her two young children, her mother, Terri, her grandmother, Mimi, and her ex-husband, Tony in working-class, Quogue, New York. Her parents are divorced, and her mother and father fight whenever her father s hows up at her home. Joy's older half-sister, Peggy, is an overachiever who cons tantly humiliates Joy in front of her children. Peggy and Joy's father Rudy are very close. Terri spends all day lying in bed watching soap operas as a means of escape from her life, leaving Joy to run the household. Only Joy's grandmother and her best friend Jackie encourage her to pursue her inventing ambitions and b ecome a strong successful woman. After divorcing his third wife, Joy's father starts dating Trudy, a wealthy Ital ian widow with some business experience. While on Trudy's boat, Joy drops a glas s of red wine, attempts to mop up the mess, and cuts her hands on the broken gla ss while wringing the mop. Joy returns home and creates blueprints for a self-wr inging mop. She builds a prototype with help from the employees at her father's shop. She then convinces Trudy to invest in the product. They make a deal with a company in California to manufacture the mop's parts at a low price. In order t o avoid a potential lawsuit, Joy also pays $50,000 in royalties to a man in Hong Kong who supposedly has created a similar product. When the company repeatedly bills Joy for faulty parts they create, Joy refuses to pay the fees and tells he r father, Trudy, and Peggy not to pay them. Joy needs a quick, easy way to advertise her product, and is able to meet with Q VC executive Neil Walker. Neil is impressed and shows Joy his infomercials, wher e celebrities sell entrepreneur's products through a telethon system. Neil tells Joy to manufacture 50,000 mops. Joy is advised by Trudy to take out a second mo rtgage on her home, in order to pay her costs. The first infomercial fails, but when she goes on QVC, Joy and her product become an overnight success. Things lo

ok up for the family, with the mop earning thousands of dollars on QVC, and Terr i falls for Toussaint, a Haitian plumber Joy hired earlier in the film to fix up a leak in Terri's bedroom. Joy's grandmother dies suddenly. Rudy and Trudy send Peggy to California to cond uct Joy's company business. Afterwards Peggy tells Joy that she paid excessively raised production fees. Joy is angry and travels to California to meet with the manufacturer, who refuses to pay her back. Joy also discovers that the manufact urer is about to fraudulently patent her design. Her lawyer reveals that there i s nothing they can do to prevent this, and Joy is forced to file for bankruptcy. Joy discovers that the manufacturers have been defrauding her the entire time s he has dealt with them. She confronts the owner, and forces him to pay her back. Several years later, Joy is wealthy and runs a successful business. She continue s to take care of her father, even though he and Peggy had unsuccessfully sued h er for ownership of the company. Terri is the only family member who does not li ve off Joy, finally finding stability through her relationship with Toussaint. J ackie and Tony remain Joy's most valued advisers, and the film ends with her hel ping a young mother develop a new invention. Cast[edit] Jennifer Lawrence as Joy Mangano[5] Isabella Crovetti-Cramp as young Joy Mangano[6] Robert De Niro as Rudy Mangano, Joy's father[7] Bradley Cooper as Neil Walker, an executive at QVC[8] Édgar Ramírez as Tony Miranne, Joy's ex-husband[9] Diane Ladd as Mimi, Joy's grandmother[10][11] Dascha Polanco as Jackie, Joy's best friend[12] Emily Nunez as young Jackie Elisabeth Röhm as Peggy, Joy's half-sister[13] Madison Wolfe as young Peggy Virginia Madsen as Terri Mangano, Joy's mother[10] Isabella Rossellini as Trudy, Joy's father's girlfriend and Joy's financier[10] Melissa Rivers as Joan Rivers[14] Donna Mills as Priscilla[15] Susan Lucci as Danica[16] Maurice Benard as Jared[16] Laura Wright as Clarinda[16] Alexander Cook as Bartholomew Jimmy Jean-Louis as Touissant Drena De Niro as Cindy Production[edit] Writing and casting[edit] In January 2014, it was announced that David O. Russell's upcoming project would entail rewriting and directing a drama film about American inventor and entrepr eneur Joy Mangano, a struggling Long Island single mom of three children.[5] Rus sell set Jennifer Lawrence to play the lead role in the film, which John Davis a nd John Fox produced for Davis Entertainment, along with Ken Mok, with 20th Cent ury Fox holding the distribution rights.[5] In early November 2014, Russell said it was "a great opportunity to do something neither Jennifer nor I have done" [ before]. He also stated that he would like to cast Robert De Niro and create a r ole for Bradley Cooper to star in the film.[17] On November 11, it was reported that De Niro was in final talks to re-team with Russell and Lawrence in the film , to play Mangano's father.[18] They worked together in the 2012 film Silver Lin ings Playbook, and then De Niro made a cameo in 2013's American Hustle.[7] Russe ll rewrote the script by Annie Mumolo.[7] On November 17, De Niro confirmed his casting, saying "Yes I am going to do something with them. I am going to play a father."[7] In early December 2014, Cooper was officially set to star along with Lawrence, playing an executive at QVC who helps Joy by giving the Miracle Mop a boost.[8] On December 8, Édgar Ramírez was cast as Tony Miranda, Joy's now ex-husba

nd.[9] Additional cast members, including Isabella Rossellini, Diane Ladd, and V irginia Madsen in unspecified roles, were revealed on February 17, 2015.[10] Isa bella Crovetti-Cramp played young Joy.[6] In February, another working title was revealed, which was Kay's Baptism.[19] Elisabeth Röhm's casting as Peggy, sister of Joy Mangano, was revealed on February 27, 2015.[13] Filming[edit] Principal photography began in February 2015, after De Niro completed the shooti ng of Dirty Grandpa.[7] Filming was originally set to begin on February 9, 2015, in Boston, Massachusetts, making this Russell's third film shot in the area.[20 ][21] Due to snow in the city, filming was rescheduled to begin on February 19, on Federal Street in Wilmington, MA, lasting through February 26,[22][23] but pr incipal photography on the film began in Boston on February 16, 2015.[10][24][25 ] In Wilmington, filming lasted until February 26, 2015.[26] On February 27, 2015, Lawrence made a Facebook post denying the rumors about her clashes with Russell on the set of the film, saying, "David O. Russell is one of my closest friends and we have an amazing collaborative working relationship. I adore this man and he does not deserve this tabloid malarkey. This movie is going great and I m havin g a blast making it!"[27] After wrapping up in Wilmington, the production moved to North Reading, where shooting took place March 2 4, 2015[19] and on March 11 an d 12.[28] Release[edit] The film was released on December 25, 2015.[29] Reception[edit] Box office[edit] As of April 5, 2016, Joy has grossed $56.4 million in North America and $44.7 mi llion in other territories for a worldwide total of $101.1 million, against a bu dget of $60 million.[3] In the United States and Canada, the film opened on December 25, 2015 alongside Point Break, Daddy's Home, and Concussion, as well as the wide release of The Bi g Short. In its opening weekend, it was projected to gross $13 15 million from 2,8 96 theaters.[30] It ended up grossing $17 million, finishing third at the box of fice behind Star Wars: The Force Awakens ($149.2 million) and Daddy's Home ($38. 7 million).[31] Critical response[edit] Joy has received mixed reviews from critics.[32] On the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 61%, based on 208 reviews, with an average rating of 6.3/10. The site's consensus reads, "Joy is anchored by a str ong performance from Jennifer Lawrence, although director David O. Russell's unc ertain approach to its fascinating fact-based tale only sporadically sparks burs ts of the titular emotion."[33] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average s core of 56 out of 100, based on 48 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews ".[34] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale.[31] Awards and nominations[edit] Award Category Recipient(s) Result Academy Awards[35] Best Actress Jennifer Lawrence AARP Annual Movies for Grownups Awards Best Picture Joy Best Comedy Nominated Best Time Capsule Nominated Best Supporting Actress Diane Ladd Won Best Supporting Actor Robert De Niro Nominated Best Screenwriter David O. Russell Won

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Best Director Nominated ACE Eddie Awards[36] Best Edited Feature Film Comedy or Musical Alan Bau mgarten, Jay Cassidy, Tom Cross and Christopher Tellefsen Nominated Art Directors Guild Awards Contemporary Film Judy Becker Nominate d Casting Society of America Big Budget Comedy Mary Vernieu, Lindsay Gr aham, Angela Peri Nominated Costume Designers Guild Awards[37][38] Excellence in Costume Design for a Conte mporary Film Michael Wilkinson Nominated Critics Choice Awards[39][40] Best Actress Jennifer Lawrence Nominate d Best Comedy Joy Nominated Best Actress in a Comedy Jennifer Lawrence Nominated Denver Film Critics Society Best Comedy Joy Nominated Detroit Film Critics Society Best Actress Jennifer Lawrence Nominate d Best Ensemble Joy Nominated Golden Globe Awards[41][42] Best Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Joy Nominated Best Actress in a Motion Picture Comedy or Musical Jennifer Lawrence Won Indiana Film Journalists Association Best Film Joy Nominated Best Actress Jennifer Lawrence Nominated MTV Movie Awards[43] Best Female Performance Jennifer Lawrence Nominate d True Story