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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Lifestyle
Tom Davidson

Joy at the London Film Festival review: this IVF drama is heartwarming but unremarkable

It is remarkable that the story of Louise Brown, the world's first 'Test Tube Baby', born of IVF in 1978 has not been told before. But never fear – where there is an uplifting but weepy story to be told, you can be sure someone will soon produce it, and maybe pick up a few Bafta noms.

Last year it was One Life and this year we have Joy, the latest film from the streaming giant Netflix aimed at playing your heartstrings like a banjo.

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