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Joaquin Phoenix warns against watching the new A24 film Beau is Afraid on magic mushrooms

Joaquin Phoenix has discovered The Internet suggesting watching A24's Beau is Afraid on magic mushrooms, and strongly advises against it

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Joaquin Phoenix recommends that you don't take mushrooms before watching Beau is Afraid

"Do not take mushrooms and go see this f***ing movie"

Total Film

Beau Is Afraid Evokes Strong Reactions From Moviegoers, With Some Demanding A Refund And Others Raving About The ‘Masterpiece’

Beau Is Afraid may be the most divisive movie of 2023 so far, with some viewers raving about Ari Aster's masterpiece and others wanting a refund.

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Wahoo! ‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie’ is No. 1 for third week

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The Independent UK

Beau Is Afraid Ending Explained: Where Does Beau's Journey Take Him In Ari Aster's Nightmarish Odyssey?

We attempt to explain the ending of Beau Is Afraid, which is easily Ari Aster's most insane movie yet.

Cinemablend

The Guide #83: How retro horror came back back from the dead

In this week’s newsletter: Old school series like Scream and Evil Dead are ripping up the rulebook – and the genre has never felt more alive

The Guardian - UK

Beau Is Afraid sends Joaquin Phoenix on an epic, mishap-laden quest in which the biggest monster is the mind

In Beau Is Afraid, Hereditary and Midsommar director Ari Aster turns in a dark, existential comedy of epic and surreal proportions, where the biggest monsters are in the mind.

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‘Beau Is Afraid’ explained: A disturbingly in-depth analysis of Ari Aster’s guilt trip to hell

If you’ve just watched Ari Aster’s new horror-comedy “Beau Is Afraid,” you probably have a few questions. Or maybe a lot of questions. Like, what was that?

Los Angeles Times

Review: 'Beau Is Afraid' earns its place in the mommy issues hall of fame

Beau knows psychodrama.

Tribune News Service

‘Beau Is Afraid’ is a bore, I’m afraid

Joaquin Phoenix overacts his way through an ugly, heavy-handed epic from ‘Midsommar’ director Ari Aster.

Chicago Sun-Times

‘Beau Is Afraid’ review: Joaquin Phoenix tries to go home again. Even if it kills him

Guilty as charged! “Beau Is Afraid,” three hours of bleak wonderment that feels, well, like three hours of bleak wonderment, Beau Wassermann awaits the start of his latest therapy session with a look that suggests a man awaiting his executioner. Played to the clammy hilt by Joaquin Phoenix, Beau speaks…

Chicago Tribune

Q&A: Aster, Phoenix try to discuss ‘Beau is Afraid’

In Ari Aster’s new film “Beau is Afraid,” Joaquin Phoenix plays an anxious man in a rotten world who goes on a wildly weird journey, both Homeric and Oedipal, to his mother’s home

The Independent UK

Midsommar director Ari Aster names his top five favourite horror films

Ari Aster, the director behind modern horror smashes Midsommar and Hereditary has revealed his top five favourite horror movies

Metal Hammer

Ari Aster doesn't want to talk about his new movie right now

Ari Aster really doesn’t want to talk about “Beau Is Afraid.”

The Independent UK

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The Super Mario Bros. Movie Has A Phenomenal Second Box Office Weekend Doing Something No Other 2023 Blockbuster Has Done

We've seen some big hits released in 2023, but The Super Mario Bros. Movie has done something no other blockbuster has.

Los Angeles Times

Review: 'Beau Is Afraid' is quite an odyssey, but not necessarily an oughta-see

The first word we see written down in "Beau Is Afraid," Ari Aster's raging Oedipal phantasmagoria of a movie, is "Guilt," with a capital "G." It's not the last word to pop up in a story full of angry scribblings, earnest love notes, slick corporate logos, detailed sex-shop menus, foulmouthed…

Reason

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Joaquin Phoenix's Blunt Takes On Extreme Roles And Lack Of Interest In Making A Rom-Com

There are definitely no rom-coms in Joaquin Phoenix's future.

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Beau Is Afraid Reviews Are Here, And Critics Are Calling Joaquin Phoenix’s Dark Comedy A ‘Fascinating’ Three-Hour ‘Panic Attack’

Reviews are in for Ari Aster's Beau Is Afraid, starring Joaquin Phoenix. See why critics are calling it a "fascinating," three-hour "panic attack."

Total Film

Beau is Afraid review: "Get excited for Ari Aster's extraordinary opus"

‘From his darkest fears comes the greatest adventure'. So goes the tagline for Beau is Afraid, Ari Aster’s 179-minute follow-up to his landmark 21st-century horrors Hereditary and Midsommar. With all due respect to the marketing department at A24, rarely has a pithy tagline – and the whimsical, Benjamin Button-esque poster…

The Guardian - UK

Beau Is Afraid review – Ari Aster sends Joaquin Phoenix on an odyssey to nowhere

This three-plus-hour tale of Oedipal misery sees Phoenix on uncharacteristically boring form, and ultimately collapses into silliness

Inverse

'Beau is Afraid' Review: Ari Aster's Bizarre Odyssey is the Best Movie Charlie Kaufman Never Made

Joaquin Phoenix embarks on the strangest epic journey ever in Ari Aster's deeply funny, and deeply disturbed riff on Homer's Odyssey.

Cinemablend

Beau Is Afraid Review: Ari Aster’s Third Film Is Hilarious And Insane Organized Chaos

Beau Is Afraid cements Ari Aster as one of the most fascinating big screen storytellers working today.

Evening Standard

Joaquin Phoenix ‘fainted on set of new film during intense Patti LuPone scene’

Joaquin Phoenix fainted in a “very intense” scene on the set of his upcoming film Beau is Afraid.

Daily Mirror

Joaquin Phoenix fainted during a 'very intense' scene on the set of new film

Actor Joaquin Phoenix collapsed during a 'very intense' scene with co-star Patti LuPone on the set of his upcoming film, Beau Is Afraid according to its director

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