‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ ending explained: Do Arthur and Lee end up together?

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Joker: Folie à Deux is finally in cinemas, but do Arthur Fleck and Lee Quinn end up together by the end of the film? Read on for the full breakdown.The sequel to 2019’s Joker was released on October 4, after receiving its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival last month.

It catches up with Joaquin Phoenix’s Arthur Fleck, aka the Joker, while he is a patient at a mental health facility after the events of the first film, where he falls in love with Lady Gaga’s Harleen ‘Lee’ Quinzel, aka Harley Quinn.The film has had a rough opening at the box office, drawing $40million domestically, well short of expectations.

It has also earned a ‘D’ score on CinemaScore, the first comic book movie ever to be rated so low.Much has also been made of the film’s embrace of the musical genre, with director Todd Phillips‘s decision being hailed by Gaga as “a very big swing”, while she also praised the film’s “audacity and complexity”.The star was so taken with the film’s musicality that she recorded a companion album named ‘Harlequin’, which was released on September 27.

Nick Cave also makes an appearance on the film’s official soundtrack, performing a medley of ‘Slap That Bass’, ‘Get Happy’ and ‘What The World Needs Now Is Love’.In a four-star review of Folie à Deux, NME wrote: “As with the original movie, the film looks gorgeous throughout, with cinematographer Lawrence Sher making strong use of colour and conjuring up some beautiful images – highlights include an overhead shot of some umbrellas (referencing Jacques Demy’s 1964 musical The Umbrellas Of Cherbourg) and a stunningly lit frame of Arthur lighting a cigarette in his prison cell that resembles a lovingly illustrated comic book panel.“In short, Phillips and Silver have.