Beau Is Afraid

Film • 2023 • 2h 59m

Beau Is Afraid

Beau Is Afraid

Beau is an extremely anxious but pleasant-looking man, who has a fraught relationship with his overbearing mother and never knew his father. When his mother dies, he makes a journey home that involves some wild, supernatural threats.

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Status: Released
Release: April 14, 2023 (3 years ago)
Runtime: 2h 59m
Rating: R
Language: English
Origins: Canada Finland United States
AKA: Disappointment Blvd.
Companies: A24, Access Industries, IPR.VC, Square Peg

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todd85May 11, 2023

A captivating journey that deviates from Ari Aster’s previous works. The story is infused with anxiety, paranoia, and excess, making it more relatable than what we would expect… or maybe not.

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Beau Is Afraid Review - IGN
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.
Beau Is Afraid: Joaquin Phoenix bosses this vast, hilarious film. But you may well hate it
Ari Aster adeptly juggles the sort of laughs you get from Samuel Beckett with the sort you encounter in Mel Brooks
'Beau Is Afraid' Is the 'Citizen Kane' of Mommy-Issues Movies
‘Midsommar’ director drops the ‘Joker’ star into an Oedipal nightmare. It’s either the most terrifying comedy or the funniest horror movie of 2023.
‘Beau Is Afraid’ Is a Mind-Bending Acid Trip of Epic Proportions
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Review: Joaquin Phoenix loses his mind, among other things, in the horrifying and hilarious Beau Is Afraid
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'Beau Is Afraid' Review: Ari Aster's Stunning, Unknowable and Fearless Opus
Joaquin Phoenix delivers one of his career-best performances as a guilt-ridden man on an epic journey in Ari Aster's Beau Is Afraid.

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