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* PlayingGertrude: Robert De Niro is eighteen years older than Virginia Madsen, who plays his first wife. He's only eight years younger than Diane Ladd, who plays the grandmother. We hope Mimi is meant to be Terri's mother.



* StarDerailingRole: The film seems to have dented some of the good will that Jennifer Lawrence was riding in her career; although getting an Oscar nomination, the film underperformed and was given lukewarm reviews. Her performance in ''Film/XMenApocalypse'' was received rather negatively, and her next two projects - ''{{Film/Passengers 2016}}'' and ''Film/Mother2017'' were box office bombs - and she did not release another film in 2017. Time will tell if it does lasting damage.

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* StarDerailingRole: The film seems to have dented some of the good will that Jennifer Lawrence was riding in her career; although getting an Oscar nomination, the film underperformed and was given lukewarm reviews. Her performance in ''Film/XMenApocalypse'' was received rather negatively, and her next two projects - ''{{Film/Passengers 2016}}'' and ''Film/Mother2017'' were box office bombs - and she did not release another film in 2017. Time will tell if it does lasting damage.
* UnderageCasting: Robert De Niro is eighteen years older than Virginia Madsen, who plays his first wife. He's only eight years younger than Diane Ladd, who plays the grandmother.
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* StarDerailingRole: The film seems to have dented some of the good will that Jennifer Lawrence was riding in her career; although getting an Oscar nomination, the film underperformed and was given lukewarm reviews. Her performance in ''Film/XMenApocalypse'' was received rather negatively, and her next two projects - ''{{Film/Passengers 2016}}'' and ''{{Film/Mother}}'' were box office bombs - and she did not release another film in 2017. Time will tell if it does lasting damage.

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* StarDerailingRole: The film seems to have dented some of the good will that Jennifer Lawrence was riding in her career; although getting an Oscar nomination, the film underperformed and was given lukewarm reviews. Her performance in ''Film/XMenApocalypse'' was received rather negatively, and her next two projects - ''{{Film/Passengers 2016}}'' and ''{{Film/Mother}}'' ''Film/Mother2017'' were box office bombs - and she did not release another film in 2017. Time will tell if it does lasting damage.
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* {{Jossed}}: Jennifer Lawrence quashed rumors about HostilityOnTheSet between her and David O Russell, saying she was "having a blast" making the movie.
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* DawsonCasting: Inverted. Jennifer Lawrence is twenty-five, while Joy Mangano was thirty-four when she first sold her inventions to QVC.
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* CastingGag:
** Terri watches a fictional SoapWithinAShow, where the characters are all played by veteran soap stars - Susan Lucci (''Series/AllMyChildren''), Maurice Benard, Donna Mills (both ''Series/GeneralHospital''), Laura Wright (''Series/GuidingLight'', as well as ''General Hospital'' too).
** Jennifer Lawrence and Elisabeth Rohm had starred together in ''Film/AmericanHustle'' as two characters who hit it off and become friends. Here they play rival sisters. Likewise Jennifer had played the brat in the former, while Elisabeth played the level-headed one. It's the other way around here.
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* StarDerailingRole: The film seems to have dented some of the good will that Jennifer Lawrence was riding in her career; although getting an Oscar nomination, the film underperformed and was given lukewarm reviews. Her performance in ''Film/XMenApocalypse'' was received rather negatively, and her next two projects - ''{{Film/Passengers 2016}}'' and ''{{Film/Mother}}'' were box office bombs - and she did not release another film in 2017. Time will tell if it does lasting damage.

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* ActorInspiredElement: Melissa Rivers provided a lot of input on what her mother would have said for the scene where Joan Rivers gives Joy feedback.
* CaliforniaDoubling: Massachusetts doubled for Texas.
* CastingGag:
** Terri watches a fictional SoapWithinAShow, where the characters are all played by veteran soap stars - Susan Lucci (''Series/AllMyChildren''), Maurice Benard, Donna Mills (both ''Series/GeneralHospital''), Laura Wright (''Series/GuidingLight'', as well as ''General Hospital'' too).
** Jennifer Lawrence and Elisabeth Rohm had starred together in ''Film/AmericanHustle'' as two characters who hit it off and become friends. Here they play rival sisters. Likewise Jennifer had played the brat in the former, while Elisabeth played the level-headed one. It's the other way around here.



* DyeingForYourArt: Involuntarily. Although she wore a wig for the ImportantHaircut scene, Jennifer Lawrence accidentally snipped some of her own hair.
* {{Jossed}}: Jennifer Lawrence quashed rumors about HostilityOnTheSet between her and David O Russell, saying she was "having a blast" making the movie.



* RealLifeRelative: Melissa Rivers plays her own mother, the late Joan Rivers. Robert De Niro's daughter Drena also has a role.



** The original script was for a more straightforward biopic of Joy Mangano. However David O. Russell wanted to make the film his way, and make Joy a CompositeCharacter of various women who succeeded against all odds.

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** The original script was for a more straightforward biopic of Joy Mangano. However David O. Russell wanted to make the film his way, and make Joy a CompositeCharacter of various women who succeeded against all odds. Among the changes he made included adding the character of Peggy (who is completely fictional) and making Terry a singer (in real life he was a fellow business student at Pace University).
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Moving like I did Film.Joy.

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* DawsonCasting: Inverted. Jennifer Lawrence is twenty-five, while Joy Mangano was thirty-four when she first sold her inventions to QVC.
* PlayingGertrude: Robert De Niro is eighteen years older than Virginia Madsen, who plays his first wife. He's only eight years younger than Diane Ladd, who plays the grandmother. We hope Mimi is meant to be Terri's mother.
* ProductionPosse: Directed by David O. Russell and starring Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper, Robert De Niro and Elisabeth Rohm - all of whom he has worked with several times.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** The original script was for a more straightforward biopic of Joy Mangano. However David O. Russell wanted to make the film his way, and make Joy a CompositeCharacter of various women who succeeded against all odds.
** The decision was made to have Mimi narrate the film late in production, well after Diane Ladd's scenes had already been shot.

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