There Is No Joy - in David O. Russell's newest filmn

Just a note here about David O. Russell's new film, Joy, which I found unwatchable: Just because this talented foursome of highly paid actors worked well together in another film (Silver Linings Playbook, which I enjoyed to a degree despite concerns about its unrealistically optimistic portrayal of severely troubled characters) doesn't mean they can pull it off again - especially in a movie that literally has no idea what kind of tone it wishes to establish, what its goal might be, what point of view the director holds, if any. Is it about a gutsy young woman who beats the odds and establishes her own company? About a kooky band of misfits who succeed in spite of themselves? That, too. Is there a single character who is believable for one second? Definitely not. Is there a single likable character? Maybe, to the degree that you can like a "character" who bears no resemblance to a person, even though this movies is (loosely) based on a set of facts. From the fake cutesy scenes of the Jennifer Lawrence character doing paper cut outs as an "adorable" child, to the ranting and raving of the Robert De Niro in yet another dial-it-in performance  - there's nowhere to land on this movie. I'll give just one example of Russell's either contempt for or ignorance about normal human behavior: It's the middle of a tough winter, and the characters go for a spin on the Bay (or Sound?) in a sailboat. Let me tell you - there are no sailboats in the water in mid-winter in the Northeast, and, if by some weird chance there were - if you went out dressed as these guys were, they'd all literally die. So will this film.