- Type
- Film
- Status
- Released
- Release
- April 14, 2023 (2 years ago)
- Alias
- Disappointment Blvd.
- Language
- English
- Origin
- Canada · Finland · United States
- Genres
- Psychological horror · Comedy Horror
- Production companies
- A24 · Access Industries · IPR.VC · Square Peg
- Runtime
- 2h 59m
- Rating
- R
Beau Is Afraid

Where to watch (United States)
Cast
Joaquin PhoenixBeau Wassermann
Patti LuPoneMona Wassermann
Amy RyanGrace
Nathan LaneRoger
Kylie RogersToni
Denis MénochetJeeves
Parker PoseyElaine Bray
Zoe Lister-JonesYoung Mona
Armen NahapetianTeen Beau
Julia AntonelliTeen Elaine
Stephen McKinley HendersonTherapist
Richard KindDr. Cohen
Hayley SquiresPenelope
Julian RichingsStrange Man
Bill HaderUPS Guy
Alicia RosarioLiz
James CvetkovskiBoy Beau
Catherine BérubéHero Beau's Wife
Stephanie HerreraMartha
Bradley FisherBirthday Boy Stab Man
Peter SeaborneCeiling Man
Michael EsperOfficer Johnson
Manuel TadrosCheapo Depot Cashier
Karl RoyMan with Face Tattoos
Anana RydvaldElaine's Mother, Teen Elaine's Mother
Cat LemieuxOrphan Chorus Member #2, Orphan Chorus Member
Tristan D. LallaCostume Designer Orphan
Marc-André BriseboisComatose Junkie
Tyrone BenskinRattled Businessman
Ernest-James ChuipkaCrazy Man
Archie MadekweLaughing Man
Greg HalpinCrust Punk (Eye Gouger)
Luis OlivaCrust Punk (Eyes Gouged)
Charles HardyBoat Boy
Marie-Michelle GaronFraught Mother Looking for Boat Boy
Maev BeatyAngel / Play Narrator
Patrick Kwok-ChoonOrphan Hero
Michael GandolfiniBeau’s Son
Théodore PellerinBeau’s Son
Mike TaylorBeau’s Son
Luke Alexander James McPhailHero Beau's Young Son
Ryan S. HillHero Beau's Young Son
Bentley HughesHero Beau's Young Son
Kwasi SonguiOrphan Ladybug Man
Sylvain LandryOrphan Man w/Mandolin
Emmanuel SchwartzOrphan Chorus Member
Lily BirdSamanda
Arthur HoldenDuncan / God on Cloud / Hero Beau’s Wife
François PaquetteYesekov's Body
Alex BispingOrphan Production Designer
Harry StrandjofskiSuperintendent / Catering Manager
Lucas GosselinOrphan Papa Boy
Joe CobdenNews Correspondent (Brian Galloway)
Isabelle BrabantNurse
Tarah SchwartzNews Anchor (BB Stab Man)
Barry MorganNews Anchor (MW Obit)
Karim BabinCaterer
David MametRabbi
John WalshHearse Driver
Steve NewburnMonster Puppeteer
Kayla DobilasMonster Puppeteer
Lee VilleneuveMona Henchman Who Throws Lawyer
Gord RobertsonMonster Puppeteer
Geneviève MarinElaine Body Double
Pamela IvetaMonster Puppeteer
Julien FortinBeau's Twin in Attic
Jason DetheridgeMonster Puppeteer
Luz TerceroMourning Woman
Crew
Producers
Levels
- Sex & Nudity
- 1
- 2
- 3
>- Violence
- 1
- 2
- 3
>- Profanity
- 1
- 2
- 3
>- Algohol & Drugs
- 1
- 2
- 3
>- Fright & Intensity
- 1
- 2
- 3
>
Reviews
Joaquin Phoenix in Ari Aster's Beau Is Afraid: 'The most bizarre film of the year' Joaquin Phoenix stars in A24's three-hour sprawl of angst and despair from Ari Aster, the director of Hereditary and Midsommar. It's a "bewildering folly", w...
Beau is Afraid review: Ari Aster’s overblown fantasia Beau (Joaquin Phoenix) sets off on a pseudo-surreal journey through the United States to visit his overbearing mother in Ari Aster’s long-winded Oedipal epic.
‘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.
Review: Beau Is Afraid - Chicago Reader Beau is Afraid demonstrates to audiences that the Hereditary and Midsommar director previously held back the full scale of his surrealist inclinations. And t...
Ari Aster Laments A Life Not Lived In His Kaufman-esque Odyssey Beau Is Afraid: Review Parental guilt is at the center of Ari Aster's pitch-black comic odyssey Beau Is Afraid, starring Joaquin Phoenix. Read our review.
With 'Beau Is Afraid,' Director Ari Aster Has The Same Problem As Jordan Peele Both widely popular horror directors have followed up terrific debut features with overindulgent films.
Beau Is Afraid is three audacious hours of Oedipal farce – review Ari Aster’s follow-up to ‘Hereditary’ and ‘Midsommar’ is a drawn-out, paranoid spiral
After Hereditary and Midsommar, Ari Aster's fans will be disappointed by bloated Beau Is Afraid This new horror starring Joaquin Phoenix and Patti LuPone is a building panic attack of a film - but its bloated, self-indulgent three-hour runtime lets it down
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
FilmWeek: ‘Beau Is Afraid,’ ‘Judy Blume Forever,’ and ‘Chevalier’ Larry Mantle and LAist film critics Christy Lemire and Lael Loewenstein review this weekend’s new movie releases in theaters, streaming, and on demand plat...
'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 Your Worst Nightmare, and It’s Wonderful Beau is cowardly, insecure, and full of psychosexual angst. He’s also a brilliant hero.
‘Beau Is Afraid’ Is a Mind-Bending Acid Trip of Epic Proportions Ari Aster’s latest A24 release is a daunting, challenging horror-comedy that sends Joaquin Phoenix through a three-hour surrealistic nightmare—as origina...
Review: Joaquin Phoenix loses his mind, among other things, in the horrifying and hilarious Beau Is Afraid Phoenix is asked to carry an entire universe’s worth of pain and pent-up psychosis as Beau, and completely transforms himself into the world’s unhappiest...
Ari Aster Is Not Afraid of Alienating You The director’s latest, ‘Beau Is Afraid,’ has inspired just as much awe as outright anger—which, stomach-churning sequences aside, you gotta respect
'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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