Beau Is Afraid

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Beau Is Afraid is, arguably, just for Aster, its appeal being that the 36-year-old writer-director has honed in on his most perverse quirks and obsessions with little care for commerciality: it follows the “one for me, one for them” pattern, but after two hits for A24, Aster’s taken double, if not triple, the risks. A nightmare comedy that’s a comedic nightmare for journalists to summarise, it’s effectively three hours of psychological torture for a manchild called Beau, who’s depicted with constant open-mouthed exasperation by Joaquin Phoenix.

a b Marc, Christopher (June 20, 2021). "Ari Aster's Disappointment Blvd Starring Joaquin Phoenix Adds The Favourite& Cruella Production Designer Fiona Crombie". The Ronin. Archived from the original on December 1, 2022 . Retrieved January 13, 2022. For example, Midsommar has a release on both sides of the Atlantic on the 3rd July 2019. However, that wasn’t the case for The Whale, which came out in the US in December, but isn’t due to arrive in the UK until the 3rd February 2023, so there could well be a split run for Ari Aster’s horror comedy too. RELATED: Beau wakes up wounded two days later in the house of a married couple, Grace and Roger, who live with their angsty teenage daughter Toni, and care for an unstable veteran named Jeeves, who was their late son's battle buddy until he was killed in action. Beau calls Mona's attorney, Dr. Cohen, who chastises him and informs Beau that despite the Jewish custom to lay the body to rest as soon as possible, her last wish was not to be buried until he was present. Roger promises to take Beau to his mother's estate as soon as possible but insists Beau rest until he is healed. On the day of Beau's release, Toni attempts to force him to drink a can of paint, before doing it herself, committing suicide. Grace walks in on Beau standing over Toni's body and violently blames him for her death. As Beau flees into the woods, Grace sends Jeeves after him.Ari Aster pranks Midsommar audience by showing them his brand new movie, instead". www.avclub.com. April 1, 2023. Archived from the original on April 2, 2023 . Retrieved April 2, 2023. Also in the cast are Patti LuPone and Zoe Lister-Jones as Mona Wassermann, Beau’s mother, at two different stages of her life. Linan, Liliana (June 1, 2020). "A.S. Program Board Presents: Ask Ari Aster". Daily Nexus. Archived from the original on January 10, 2023 . Retrieved January 13, 2022. In February 2021, A24 announced the film, then titled Disappointment Blvd., [a] with Joaquin Phoenix on board to star in the leading role. [13] The film's ensemble cast was announced in June and July. [14] [15] The Beau Is Afraid age rating for the UK will be confirmed by the British Board of Film Classification when we get a little closer to the release date. However, we can take a lot from the trailer and Ari Aster’s previous films, Midsommar and Hereditary. RELATED:

In all fairness, The Whale came out during a very busy winter at the box office and there’s sort of more scope for that in the US, which could be why it had a different release date in the UK. It wasn’t just the A24 film that fell foul to this as Puss In Boots The Last Wish, Babylon and The Fabelmans were also shunted to early 2023 despite coming out in the States before the New Year. Post-COVID nervousness and the impact of Avatar 2 both probably contributed to it as well as the differences in audiences. Individually, actor Joaquin Phoenix and director Ari Aster have produced some memorablyintense works. The former is the Oscar-winning star of Joker, Walk the Line and Gladiator; the latter is the filmmaker behind the skin-crawlingly creepy horrors Hereditary and Midsommar. Put the two of them together in the same room and you're bound to get fireworks.Beau hitchhikes the rest of the way to his mother's estate, only to find that he has just missed her funeral. Beau is awakened from a nap when a woman arrives late for the service, and realizes it is Elaine. They reconnect before having sex. Beau is terrified that he is going to die upon climaxing but is relieved when he survives. Elaine, however, dies mid-orgasm, her body frozen stiff. Mona then appears from the shadows and reveals that she has been alive and spying on him all along his journey. She guilt-trips Beau for supposedly not loving her enough and he demands to know the truth about his father. Mona takes him to the attic, where Beau learns that he not only has a twin brother, but that his father is actually a giant penis-shaped monster. At that moment, Jeeves breaks into the house and is killed by the monster. After further degrading from his mother, an enraged Beau briefly attempts to strangle her before she collapses.