The title for Beau Is Afraid actually appears to nail the premise — at the very least based mostly on the primary trailer. The A24 movie is the newest from Midsommar and Hereditary director Ari Aster, and it stars Joaquin Phoenix as a stressed-out man who goes “on an epic odyssey to get residence to his mom.”
Apparently, that includes touring by way of a papercraft fantasy world and assembly variations of himself from numerous time durations. To get the latter level throughout, the movie options an extraordinarily de-aged model of Phoenix that’s greater than a bit of creepy, although Beau Is Afraid doesn’t appear to be fairly as terrifying as Aster’s earlier work. That may simply be the trailer, although.
If that wasn’t sufficient to get you , the movie additionally contains a killer supporting solid, together with Nathan Lane, Amy Ryan, Parker Posey, and Patti LuPone. It’s attributable to hit theaters on April twenty first. Within the meantime, take a look at the brand new poster that includes numerous Joaquin Phoenixes:
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