You already know if The Dark Knight is “good.” That’s not the interesting question.
The interesting question is whether Heath Ledger’s Joker is a 9.2 performance trapped inside a crime epic — and whether Joaquin Phoenix’s Arthur Fleck is a different kind of high score in a different kind of machine.
Most platforms smash those answers into one star. ActorRating splits them on purpose.
One slider or five knives
Hit quick rate when you want a gut number. Open the five criteria when you want to argue with yourself.
Rate Ledger. Rate Phoenix. Same mythic character, two scorecards.
