Review of Beau Is Afraid (2023) by David Rooney for The Hollywood Reporter — 10 Apr 2023
It’s Phoenix who keeps you glued even through the film’s sometimes challenging longueurs, in a performance as fully, insanely committed as any he’s ever given. If the character invites more cringing pity than emotional investment, that’s more to do with the distancing effect of Aster’s surreal approach than anything lacking in Phoenix’s raw, gaping wound of a characterization.
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This review of Beau Is Afraid (2023) was written by David Rooney and published by The Hollywood Reporter on 10 Apr 2023.
Beau Is Afraid has generally received positive reviews.
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