JOY

About JOY

A young nurse, a visionary scientist and an innovative surgeon face opposition from the church, state, media and medical establishment, in their pursuit of the world’s first ‘test tube baby’, Louise Joy Brown.

JOY is a 2024 drama film directed by Ben Taylor. At 115 minutes long, it arrived in November 2024.

Its themes are sentimental, historical, social issues, and inspiring. The story is adapted from real events.

Bill Nighy takes the lead as Patrick Steptoe, James Norton as Robert Edwards, Thomasin McKenzie as Jean Purdy, and Charlie Murphy as Trisha Johnson. The screenplay is by Jack Thorne. In the United States it streams on Netflix and Netflix Standard with Ads.

Michael, Priscilla, and Maria make useful companions to JOY, all filed under 1960s, 1970s, and period drama. TMDB voters put it at 6.9 out of 10 across 187 votes and it carries a PG-13 rating.