While “Joker: Folie à Deux” may turn out to be this year’s most reviled flick and its biggest commercial flop, it has lost one of its epithets with the release of a new film this week: craziest movie musical of 2024. That designation now belongs to “Emilia Pérez,” the new feature by French director Jacques Audiard about a male Mexican drug lord who transitions to female. 

That’s not it’s only audacious element, though, for the picture also involves several leading roles, some wishful or downright unbelievable plot developments, and, as to be expected, multiple songs sung in Spanish and English. Making its premiere Wednesday on Netflix, “Emilia Pérez” is a heady mix that may leave you exhilarated, dumbfounded, or dissatisfied — perhaps even all three.