After Hereditary and Midsommar, Ari Aster, took a sharp right turn with "Beau Is Afraid" What can you say about a movie like “Beau is Afraid”? Well, Beau lives in a strange city and is planning on going to visit his mother. Sounds simple right? Not in the hands of Ari Aster. A trip to get home turns into an existential reflection on his life as event after event prevent him from getting to his mother’s house. The first part of the film is set in the aformentioned city inspired by Jacques Tati's film "Playtime". Side note, Jacque Tati was a big inspiration for Paul Thomas Anderson's "Punch-Drunk Love".

Part of what makes it “Beau is Afraid” so fantastic is how abstract it is. You think the movie is one thing, and then it’s another. It’s worth multiple viewings for the detail alone. You will always catch something new. 

In this film, it feels like Ari Aster is channeling David Lynch and Terry Gilliam. As per usual, Phoenix gives a fantastic performance complemented well with supporting performances by Nathan Lane, Amy Ryan, Patti LuPone, Richard Kind, and Parker Posey. 

I won’t say what my favorite sequence is because I feel it best that you discover it for yourself. Physical copies of this movie are available on amazon and it’s streaming on fandango at home.