Beau Is Afraid (2023)
Following the sudden death of his mother, a mild-mannered but anxiety-ridden man confronts his darkest fears as he embarks on an epic, Kafkaesque odyssey back home.
Cast and Information
Directed By: Ari Aster
Written By: Ari Aster
Starring: Parker Posey, Richard Kind, Joaquin Phoenix, Nathan Lane, Julian Richings, Amy Ryan, Denis Ménochet, Patti LuPone, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Kylie Rogers, Hayley Squires, Michael Gandolfini
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Horror, Mystery
AKA: Disappointment Blvd.
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Beau Is Afraid belongs to 7 collections
1. boobs (collaborative: moderated by Pickpocket - 53 stars)
2. Over 3 Hours Long (collaborative: moderated by djross - 19 stars)
3. Male Frontal Nudity (collaborative: moderated by bobyang - 7 stars)
4. Film Titles That Are Complete Sentences (collaborative: moderated by MacSwell - 7 stars)
5. Capsules, guest reviews, list candidates... (366weirdmovies) (collaborative: moderated by sesito71 - 5 stars)
6. Full Male Frontal Nudity (Yes, Dick!) (collaborative: moderated by iceblox - 4 stars)
7. -Added to On My Radar (public: KasperL - 3 stars)
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Mentaculus | 68 48th |
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O Mother, Where Art Thou? This Odyssey of the mind plays on the same vaulted fantasy-reality as BRAZIL, but tuned to the wavelength of a malignant narcissist. Every detail leans in to Beau’s constant victimization, ultimately all vanity, an attempt to find agency and identity outside his somehow vainer and victimier and bitchier mother. I bet there will be lives saved by viewers realizing their own immolation by “loved ones”’ gaslighting. In the meantime, will someone please give Aster a hug?
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Paxton | 68 53rd |
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I'm Thinking of Ending Things with Ari Aster. Not as in Ari Aster's I'm Thinking of Ending Things. I mean, I personally am thinking of ending things with Ari Aster.
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JakeAesthete | 29 26th |
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Charlie Kaufman for Rick and Morty fans, basically, but if it blows the minds of a few 14-year-old neophyte film bros, there are worse things.
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natebarrios | 70 57th |
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Beaufadeeznutz
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| 1 | ericambler | 70 46th |
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Hot mess maternal guilt anxiety freak-out, but make it AFTER HOURS. Overlong for what it ultimately accomplishes (or doesn't), but undeniably visceral, memorable, and gut-churningly hilarious.
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loc42 | 10 6th |
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Absolutely garbage, self-pitying, one-dimensional Freudian take on a depressed man and his inability to deal with his childhood traumas. Despite building a seemingly grandiose and Odyssey-like narrative around Beau, Aster belabors the same point while offering us nothing more than an evil mom that sexually represses her son. Beau is one-dimensional and almost caricature-like in his despair. Yes, some good scenes like the theatre in the forest, but the story is so shallow that those add nothing.
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bencgauld | 94 91st |
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Ari Aster described it as "Jewish Lord of The Rings if Frodo just had to go to his moms house" and it's the best way to think of this baffling, dense, ambitious epic. The comedy is dark and potent, the family backstop contains many layers and all of the surreal worlds he moves through are immaculately detailed. This movie swings for the fences and knocks it out of the park most of the time though theres ONE pretty bad strikeout towards the end. Nathan Lane is at his funniest here
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| Average Percentile 56.19% from 135 Ratings |  |