Anybody who simply tried to go house for the vacations or received caught within the Southwest meltdown can acknowledge that getting house to your mother might be its personal epic horror film. After all these journeys hardly ever have the identical bizzaro animated imaginative and prescient of Ari Aster (Midsommar, Hereditary), whose new movie Beau Is Afraid is centered totally on it.
As soon as once more launched by A24, Beau Is Afraid facilities on Beau (Joaquin Phoenix), a paranoid man within the midst of touring to see his mom. Alongside the best way, he will get hit by a automotive, captured (perhaps), walks a number of miles (in all probability), and flits via some nightmarish, animated sequences (virtually undoubtedly; that is Aster, in spite of everything).
Plus, if the early trailer is any indication, he’ll additionally should go via some post-apocalyptic mayhem, as we see Beau working madly and hopping over folks on the street or strolling previous a lady holding up an indication saying “I will minimize my very own palms off.” Neat!
Becoming a member of Phoenix on his odyssey are Nathan Lane, Amy Ryan, Stephen Mckinley Henderson, Hayley Squires, Denis Ménochet, Kylie Rogers, Armen Nahapetian, Parker Posey, and Patti LuPone. Beau Is Afraid will open in theaters on April 21.