Review Roundup For Ari Aster's New Movie, Beau Is Afraid, Starring Joaquin Phoenix
Following his breakout hits Hereditary and Midsommar, writer-director Ari Aster is back with a new movie, Beau Is Afraid, which releases this month and stars Oscar-winner Joaquin Phoenix. Reviews for the film have begun to appear online. We're rounding up review scores and excerpts here to help you determine for yourself if the film is worth spending your time and money on.
The «Jewish Lord of the Rings» movie stars Phoenix as Beau, a man living in a «nightmarish apartment» who is motivated to get out after he learns that his distant mother has been «crushed by a chandelier.» The story involves Beau's wild journey to his mom's house, and the trailers have suggested it will be a surrealist nightmare.
In addition to Phoenix, Beau is Afraid features Nathan Lane, Amy Ryan, Patti LuPone, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Richard Kind, and Parker Posey. You can see the latest trailer below along with a roundup of review scores. For more on the critical reaction to Beau Is Afraid, check out GameSpot sister site Metacritic and more scores on Rotten Tomatoes.
«A surreal three-hour dive into writer/director Ari Aster's anxieties, Beau Is Afraid is a deeply personal horror-comedy at a wildly ambitious scale.» — Siddhant Adlakha [Full review]
«Beau Is Afraid is so distinct from Aster’s other films and ends on such a bewildering note that it’s more than likely to throw quite a few people for loops they aren't expecting. But even as it's spiraling in its final moments, and raising more questions than it ever feels interested in answering, there's a mesmerizing, captivating quality to it all that makes it hard not to get drawn into the strangeness of Aster's vision.» — Charles Pulliam-Moore [Full review]
«With its indulgent three-hour
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