Wanna talk about badass women? Well, Joy is definitely one, with what you would surely call a success story.

Joy Mangano (a captivating Jennifer Lawrence) has always been fascinated by creating things. This pursuit was always supported emotionally by her maternal grandmother, Mimi. Joy feels that lack of practical support has led to others making fortunes on ideas she came up with in the first place. Despite being broke, Joy is the person in her extended family to whom everyone has always turned. To cut a long story short, we can call her a matriarch.

The turning point is when she finally manages to manufacture her invention...but I´m not going to tell you what it is, you´ll have to watch the film to find out for yourselves! Let´s just say that it was...groundbreaking!

Not surprisingly, this role earned Jennifer Lawrence a new Oscar nomination, owing basically to her irrisistible performance which had me screaming "You go girl". Add Bradley Cooper and Robert De Niro and there is your dream team.

"The American Dream" is an underlying concept and the film tries to depict quite realistically a strugging American family. You will find no CGI, no epic battles, no love interest, but this film, simple as it may seem, has the power to make you forget about your own problems for a while and feel strong affection for the main character. And oh boy I think we do need to forget about our problems right now.