VIDEO: First Look - Melissa Rivers Portrays Mom Joan in Upcoming Drama JOY

ET has shared an exclusive first look at Melissa Rivers portraying her late mother Joan in the upcoming film JOY, starring Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Edgar Ramirez, Diane Ladd, Virginia Madsen, Isabella Rossellini, Elisabeth Röhm, Dascha Polanco and Bradley Cooper. The film hits theaters on Christmas Day, December 25th. Watch the clip below!

JOY is the wild story of a family across four generations centered on the girl who becomes the woman who founds a business dynasty and becomes a matriarch in her own right. Betrayal, treachery, the loss of innocence and the scars of love, pave the road in this intense emotional and human comedy about becoming a true boss of family and enterprise facing a world of unforgiving commerce.

Allies become adversaries and adversaries become allies, both inside and outside the family, as Joy's inner life and fierce imagination carry her through the storm she faces.

David O. Russel directs, co-wrote the story and penned the screenplay for the film.

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