The callousness evident in Joker could only come from a director who specialized in comedies about post-grads reclaiming their glory days as fraternity boys and groomsmen throwing a hedonistic bachelor party that causes them to lose the groom.

Joker: Folie à Deux director Todd Phillips and star Joaquin Pheonix recently opened up about the film’s controversial ending and they are both defending it. Spoilers ahead! At the end of the film, Art

Joaquin Phoenix's dreams were being blamed earlier, but now it's filmmaker Todd Phillips' turn to take some accountability for Joker: Folie à Deux's failings. A new report reveals his disdain for