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‘Beau Is Afraid’ is a bore, I’m afraid

Joaquin Phoenix overacts his way through an ugly, heavy-handed epic from ‘Midsommar’ director Ari Aster.

Chicago Sun-Times

‘Beau Is Afraid’ review: Joaquin Phoenix tries to go home again. Even if it kills him

Guilty as charged! “Beau Is Afraid,” three hours of bleak wonderment that feels, well, like three hours of bleak wonderment, Beau Wassermann awaits the start of his latest therapy session with a look that suggests a man awaiting his executioner. Played to the clammy hilt by Joaquin Phoenix, Beau speaks…

Chicago Tribune

Q&A: Aster, Phoenix try to discuss ‘Beau is Afraid’

In Ari Aster’s new film “Beau is Afraid,” Joaquin Phoenix plays an anxious man in a rotten world who goes on a wildly weird journey, both Homeric and Oedipal, to his mother’s home

The Independent UK

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Midsommar director Ari Aster names his top five favourite horror films

Ari Aster, the director behind modern horror smashes Midsommar and Hereditary has revealed his top five favourite horror movies

Metal Hammer

Ari Aster doesn't want to talk about his new movie right now

Ari Aster really doesn’t want to talk about “Beau Is Afraid.”

The Independent UK

The Super Mario Bros. Movie Has A Phenomenal Second Box Office Weekend Doing Something No Other 2023 Blockbuster Has Done

We've seen some big hits released in 2023, but The Super Mario Bros. Movie has done something no other blockbuster has.

Cinemablend

Review: 'Beau Is Afraid' is quite an odyssey, but not necessarily an oughta-see

The first word we see written down in "Beau Is Afraid," Ari Aster's raging Oedipal phantasmagoria of a movie, is "Guilt," with a capital "G." It's not the last word to pop up in a story full of angry scribblings, earnest love notes, slick corporate logos, detailed sex-shop menus, foulmouthed…

Los Angeles Times

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Review: Beau Is Afraid

Long story.

Reason

Joaquin Phoenix's Blunt Takes On Extreme Roles And Lack Of Interest In Making A Rom-Com

There are definitely no rom-coms in Joaquin Phoenix's future.

Cinemablend

Beau Is Afraid Reviews Are Here, And Critics Are Calling Joaquin Phoenix’s Dark Comedy A ‘Fascinating’ Three-Hour ‘Panic Attack’

Reviews are in for Ari Aster's Beau Is Afraid, starring Joaquin Phoenix. See why critics are calling it a "fascinating," three-hour "panic attack."

Cinemablend

Beau is Afraid review: "Get excited for Ari Aster's extraordinary opus"

‘From his darkest fears comes the greatest adventure'. So goes the tagline for Beau is Afraid, Ari Aster’s 179-minute follow-up to his landmark 21st-century horrors Hereditary and Midsommar. With all due respect to the marketing department at A24, rarely has a pithy tagline – and the whimsical, Benjamin Button-esque poster…

Total Film

Beau Is Afraid review – Ari Aster sends Joaquin Phoenix on an odyssey to nowhere

This three-plus-hour tale of Oedipal misery sees Phoenix on uncharacteristically boring form, and ultimately collapses into silliness

The Guardian - UK

'Beau is Afraid' Review: Ari Aster's Bizarre Odyssey is the Best Movie Charlie Kaufman Never Made

Joaquin Phoenix embarks on the strangest epic journey ever in Ari Aster's deeply funny, and deeply disturbed riff on Homer's Odyssey.

Inverse

Beau Is Afraid Review: Ari Aster’s Third Film Is Hilarious And Insane Organized Chaos

Beau Is Afraid cements Ari Aster as one of the most fascinating big screen storytellers working today.

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Evening Standard

Joaquin Phoenix ‘fainted on set of new film during intense Patti LuPone scene’

Joaquin Phoenix fainted in a “very intense” scene on the set of his upcoming film Beau is Afraid.

Daily Mirror

Joaquin Phoenix fainted during a 'very intense' scene on the set of new film

Actor Joaquin Phoenix collapsed during a 'very intense' scene with co-star Patti LuPone on the set of his upcoming film, Beau Is Afraid according to its director

Cinemablend

Beau Is Afraid Has Screened, See What People Are Saying About The Midsommar Director’s New Dark Comedy Horror

Beau Is Afraid held a surprise screening, and audience members have taken to Twitter with their first reactions to Joaquin Phoenix's horror comedy.

The Independent UK

Beau is Afraid: New Joaquin Phoenix film is so ‘intense’ actor ‘fainted’ midway through scene

‘I knew it was bad because he was letting people touch him,’ director of ‘Hereditary’ said

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Florence Pugh Is Amazing In Midsommar, But Says Role Took A Toll: 'I Put Myself In Really Sh-t Situations’

The awe inspiring horror that Florence Pugh's Midsommar performance inspired came with a personal cost.

Total Film

Joaquin Phoenix couldn't look Nathan Lane in the eyes on set of Beau Is Afraid

The actor had a hard time keeping it together while working with comedian Nathan Lane

Inverse

'Beau is Afraid' trailer: Ari Aster's new movie is weirder than you imagined

Ari Aster's latest flick looks about as surreal as David Lynch's fever dream — and it's extremely exciting.

Inverse

You need to watch the most nerve-wracking cult thriller on HBO Max ASAP

Sparse imagery and jarring dialogue explore the terrifying side of grief far better than lazy jump scares ever could.

The Independent UK

New this week: Taylor Swift, 'Descendant' and 'Ghostwriter'

This week’s new entertainment releases include albums from Babyface, Arctic Monkeys and a Taylor Swift original, a documentary about the last known ship to bring African captives to the American South for enslavement and “Doc Martin” gets a proper farewell on Acorn TV

The Guardian - US

Oscars 2023: who might be in the running at next year’s ceremony?

With another awards season now over, a look ahead to the next 12 months shows a string of potentially worthy contenders

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