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Beau Is Afraid Evokes Strong Reactions From Moviegoers, With Some Demanding A Refund And Others Raving About The ‘Masterpiece’

Beau Is Afraid may be the most divisive movie of 2023 so far, with some viewers raving about Ari Aster's masterpiece and others wanting a refund.

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Beau Is Afraid Ending Explained: Where Does Beau's Journey Take Him In Ari Aster's Nightmarish Odyssey?

We attempt to explain the ending of Beau Is Afraid, which is easily Ari Aster's most insane movie yet.

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Beau Is Afraid sends Joaquin Phoenix on an epic, mishap-laden quest in which the biggest monster is the mind

In Beau Is Afraid, Hereditary and Midsommar director Ari Aster turns in a dark, existential comedy of epic and surreal proportions, where the biggest monsters are in the mind.

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Review: 'Beau Is Afraid' earns its place in the mommy issues hall of fame

Beau knows psychodrama.

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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

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Justin Theroux Responds To Joker 2 Rumors After His Hangout With Lady Gaga

Justin Theroux has explained his appearance at the Joker 2 wrap party.

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Beau is Afraid has A24's best limited theatrical opening since Uncut Gems

Beau is Afraid is taking theaters by storm

Total Film

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

Inside vile celebrity sex cult with toddler brides, forced prostitution and child abuse

One victim, Serena Kelley, now 40, was born into the Children of God cult which was founded by David Berg and was given up to be his wife aged just three.

Daily Record

Review: Beau Is Afraid

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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.

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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."

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Total Film

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…

The Guardian - UK

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

Inverse

'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.

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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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The Guardian - UK

Can the Joker musical or Superman save the world from ‘superhero fatigue’?

DC supremo James Gunn has admitted superhero fatigue is ‘very real’ and ‘just watching things bash each other’ is not much fun. What will that mean for his high profile projects?

The New Daily

Top videos: Barbie, Joker and Jacinda Ardern’s final farewell

Barbie took the internet by storm, while New York endured a brutal, literal storm. Here are our top video picks for the week.

Evening Standard

Joker sequel director reveals filming has wrapped as he shares new Lady Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix images

Filmmaker Todd Phillips took to Instagram to announce the news with never-before-seen photos of the stars

Total Film

Joker 2 wraps filming with new photos of Lady Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix

Director Todd Phillips shared the images on Instagram

The Times of India

'Joker: Folie à Deux': Todd Phillips announces wrap of Lady Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix starrer; shares actors' menacing NEW LOOK

Four months after beginning work on Joker: Folie a Deux, director Todd Phillips has announced the wrap of the highly anticipated sequel.

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Joker 2 Has Finished Filming, And Todd Phillips Celebrated With New Pics Of Lady Gaga And Joaquin Phoenix

Joker 2 has wrapped principal photography, and director Todd Phillips celebrated by sharing new pictures of Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga.

Los Angeles Times

Everything we know so far about 'Joker 2' (and all those set photos of Lady Gaga)

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