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6.6
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Critic Siddhant Adlakha
rated 9

...it’s the kind of movie worth recommending for its ambition alone, merely to witness the audacious result of anxious self-loathing writ large across the silver screen, without an ounce of restraint.

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Critic Derek Smith
rated 8

It’s as deeply personal and unsettling a vision as we’ve seen from an American filmmaker in some time—the capstone of an exhausting, wildly inventive cinematic exorcism of personal demons.

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Critic Jordan Farley
rated 8

...an extraordinary rendering of severe clinical anxiety, using the language of horror cinema to visualise the paranoid nightmare that something as simple as stepping foot outside can turn into.

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Cast & Crew

Ari Aster
As A Neighbor of Beau's (uncredited)
Ari Aster
Director
Ari Aster
Writer
Richard Kind
As Dr. Cohen
Julian Richings
As Strange Man
Bill Hader
As UPS Guy
Parker Posey
As Elaine Bray
Arthur Holden
As Duncan / God on Cloud / Hero Beau’s Wife

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"Beau Is Afraid" follows the tumultuous journey of a deeply anxious man, Beau, as he grapples with his complicated relationship with his domineering mother and his haunting past. When he embarks on a chaotic quest to reach her home after receiving devastating news, Beau is thrust into a surreal odyssey filled with bizarre encounters and nightmarish obstacles. As he navigates through the horrors of reality and fateful memories, he's forced to confront his innermost fears and insecurities. Blending elements of drama, horror, and dark comedy, this uniquely unsettling tale explores themes of guilt, motherhood, and the search for identity. With every twist and turn in Beau's life unraveling like a fever dream, viewers are taken on an unexpected ride that reveals both terror and poignancy hidden within the absurdity. Ultimately, "Beau Is Afraid" challenges perceptions of love while questioning what it truly means to be free from one's past.

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Beau Is Afraid was released in theaters on April 21, 2023.

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Beau Is Afraid was released for streaming on June 13, 2023.