Beau Is Afraid

"[It's] not a movie for everyone – actually, it is a movie for very, very, very few. But I just happen to be part of that teeny tiny target audience. (...) deeply and acidly funny, in the kind of perverse way that recontextualizes the term “cult movie”." 

"Along with being Ari Aster's most ambitious film, Beau Is Afraid is his funniest film in a twist, absurd way" 

"[It] will make one feel alongside its title character in a way few films do, and it's a torturous and glorious ride (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 5)" 

"Ari Aster delivers another brilliant, confounding masterpiece" 

"The A24 darling's latest reflects what happens when a technically gifted artist is given too much creative freedom. (...) three hours doesn’t feel at all reasonable for such an uneven collection of sketches." 

"It’s either the most terrifying comedy or the funniest horror film of 2023 (...) Auster’s given us a self-incriminating masterwork" 

"Ari Aster’s stunning, unknowable and fearless opus (...) Joaquin Phoenix delivers one of his best performances as a guilt-ridden man on an epic journey"