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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 · Apr 19, 2023

‘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 · Apr 19, 2023

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 · Apr 19, 2023

Review: Beau Is Afraid

Long story.

Reason · Apr 14, 2023

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 · Apr 14, 2023

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 · Apr 11, 2023

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 · Apr 11, 2023

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 · Apr 11, 2023

'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 · Apr 11, 2023

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.

Cinemablend · Apr 11, 2023