Director Todd Phillips told Entertainment Weekly that Arthur confesses because he realizes the system is corrupt and unchangeable. Phillips stated, “He realized that everything is so corrupt, it’s never going to change, and the only way to fix it is to burn it all down.”

The 'Joker' sequel is the first Hollywood comic book pic in history to receive a D CinemaScore — only slightly worse than the D+ awarded Coppola's box office flop 'Megalopolis.'

In its eternal quest to upend expectations and give fans something particularly twisted, Joker: Folie À Deux has pissed off fans and critics alike. Even those who enjoyed Todd Phillips’ first unpleasant jaunt through Gotham seem disappointed by the director’s desire to withhold anything remotely entertaining in his long-awaited sequel.